I see folks wondering why the US is so opposed to the ICC. There are several connected issues leading Rubio to announce that the US has decided to dismantle the ICC:
The US Constitution. The Constitution guarantees Americans a trial by a "jury of their peers". The ICC is not only not a jury of my peers, but it is also a star chamber of unelected, power-hungry parasites. Well, not "unelected". They're elected, not by the people, but by the States that joined the ICC. And those states only represent about a third of the world population. This is tyranny of the minority.
Potential cases against Americans. The ICC’s investigation of alleged crimes in Afghanistan could implicate American military and intelligence personnel. Rubio says American officials and service members should not be subject to this international court, for the Constitutional reasons mentioned above.
The Structure of the ICC. Unlike the US and most modern judicial systems, the ICC does not have a separate Judge and jury. Instead, in contradiction to fair practice, the Judges are also the jury. This is a crucial inequity. In most systems, Judges rule on the law, and juries decide the facts. Combining the two is a recipe for disaster.
In addition, the Prosecutor is also a member of the ICC. Theoretically, it is an independent organ, but in reality, there is no evidence that either Judges or Prosecutors are independent of governments, political pressures, or shared institutional biases.
Arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. The ICC issued warrants in November 2024 for Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes and "crimes against humanity" in Gaza. However, they've totally ignored the actual war crimes of Hamas.
Neither Israel nor the United States is a party to the treaty establishing the court. The Trump administration treats those proceedings as illegitimate targeting of an ally.
Distrust of an international institution’s power. Rubio accurately portrays the ICC as an unaccountable, politicized body that can interfere with national decisions about military operations and pursue elected officials. In today’s statement, he accused “globalist experts an ocean away” of seeking power “at the expense of our sovereignty as a nation.”
I must confess, I don't understand how an "international court" can hand down a sentence against people who have not agreed to be under the jurisdiction of the court. This is the most blatant power grab imaginable.
w.
https://t.co/vpJovk06FS
“How are you handling the one-year anniversary of 10/10?”
I deployed: https://t.co/C4uXewGY0p
Watch BTC liquidations live.
Combines live CEX data + estimates from threading together all major liquidation heatmaps across various time frames.
Other assets and features coming.