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2005 Ron Paul Chapter 45
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HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS
BEFORE THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 4, 2005
Republicans Should Not Support a UN Court
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Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this resolution. The idea
that the United States Congress should demand that Nigeria deport a
former
president of Liberia to stand trial in a United Nations court in
Liberia is
absurd!
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I do not object to this legislation because I dispute the charges against
Charles Taylor. Frankly, as a United States Congressman my authority
does not
extend to deciding whether a foreign leader has committed crimes in his
own
county. The charges may well be true. I do, however, dispute our
authority as
the United States Congress to demand that a foreign country transfer a
former
leader of a third country back to that country to stand trial before a
United
Nations kangaroo court.
2005 Ron Paul 45:3
As the resolution itself cites, one top UN official, Jaques Klein, has
already pronounced Taylor guilty, stating “Charles Taylor is a
psychopath and
a killer.” But the resolution concludes that “Congress urges the
Government
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to expeditiously transfer Charles
Ghankay
Taylor, former President of the Republic of Liberia, to the
jurisdiction of the
Special Court for Sierra Leone to undergo a fair and open trial…” So it
is
probably safe to guess what kind of “trial” this will be - a
Soviet-style
show trial. The United Nations has no business conducting trials for
anyone,
regardless of the individual or the crime. It is the business of
Liberia and
Nigeria to determine the fate of Charles Taylor.
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If we in the United States wish to retain our own constitutional protections,
we must be steadfast in rejecting the idea that a one-world court has
jurisdiction over anyone, anywhere, regardless of how heinous the
accusations.
The sovereignty we undermine eventually will be our own.
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