Court to Hear Challenge of Bush's Order to Texas ; State Told to Follow World Court's Ruling
The Washington Times › May 01, 2007
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The Supreme Court yesterday said it will decide whether President Bush exceeded his authority when he ordered a Texas court in 2005 to comply with an international tribunal's ruling challenging the death sentence of a Mexican national who raped and killed two girls.
In a case that pits Bush administration's claims of executive power against the role of international law in state court proceedings, the high court agreed to hear arguments this fall to determine the fate of Jose Ernesto Medellin, a Mexican national sentenced in 1994 for the Houston killings.See the full content of this document
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Court to Hear Challenge of Bush's Order to Texas ; State Told to Follow World Court's Ruling
State authorities want to proceed with the execution despite a ruling from the International Court of Justice in The Hague that said Medellin's conviction, al...
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