Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

December 6, 2007

As Article I of the Constitution acknowledges, the Founding Fathers recognized the existence of ?the law of nations.? This is definitely not the same concept known today as ?international law,? in which the United Nations is treated as the global lawgiver.

What the Founders believed was that each nation was sovereign within its territory and should be dealt with as an equal in international affairs. This includes the observance of time-honored diplomatic protocols, among them the creation of bilateral extradition treaties to govern the delivery of criminal suspects from abroad for trial here.

According to the Sunday Times of London, the Bush administration has declared that the US ?can `kidnap' British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.? A valid extradition treaty exists, but Washington apparently believes that the British system of due process is an unacceptable impediment.

Apparently, the Bush administration expects all nations to set aside their laws and bow to its will.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.