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Was it legal to shoot down the Chinese balloon?
Recent news headlines read: "US fires air-to-air missile and takes down alleged Chinese spy balloon." It happened in February 4th, 2023.
The balloon, as far as we know, was not armed and did ...
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Is there a "court of law" for treaty disputes between nations?
For example, say the USA and Canada sign a treaty. But then Canada feels that the USA broke the treaty, but the USA maintains that they didn't. Is there some "court of law" equivalent where ...
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Does a treaty have to be compatible with the US constitution to be implemented?
What would be the effect of the United States ratifying a treaty that is incompatible with its constitution?
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What happens if a Constitutional amendment passed after ratification of a treaty contradicts that treaty?
Suppose a Constitutional amendment was passed establishing an absolute right to circumvent DRM. This is in direct contradiction to the WIPO copyright treaty, which requires signatory countries (...
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Could the President, Senate, and a foreign country circumvent the House to pass a law?
If the Senate and President wanted to pass a law, but the House of Representatives voted against it, could the President and Senate pass it by including it in a treaty with a foreign country (assuming ...
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Does violating an international treaty have any legal consequence in United States?
I'm asking in general and also specifically in the example I'm going to show. In my country, international treaties have constitutional level since 1994, which means a violation of an international ...
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Which countries grant extraterritoriality to US citizens?
Some countries have ceded, to the United States, some control in the application of their own laws within their own borders.
A historical example would be the Treaty of Wanghia, signed with China in ...
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