International Law
Oct. 15, 2026
The court the US never joined
The United States has never consented to the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction over Americans, and that is not a close question. The ASPA remains the law.
The United States has never consented to the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction over Americans, and that is not a close question. We signed the Rome Statute under President Clinton and then never ratified it. President George W. Bush unsigned it. Congress responded with the American Servicemembers' Protection Act in 2002, a law that still sits on the books. Every administration since has said the same thing: a treaty does not bind a country that refused to join it. That is...
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