Bush unilaterally pulled out of the International Courts, proclaiming them to have no jurisdiction in the US, right when they had started investigating him for 31 charges of war crimes.
You can read the tribunal decision in it's entirety at:
http://www.mindfully.org/reform/2004/afg...
Just for the record, the Constitution explicitly states that all international law and any treaties that are signed by the President and approved by a 2/3 majority of the House and the Senate is to be considered the highest law of the land, equal in power to the Constitution. The US were intrumental in founding the International Courts, and have brought charges against many countries in International Court.
The International Court is there to protect everyone from rogue nations that act in ways that anyone with a conscience would day is wrong. That is why Bush was found GUILTY on 33 charges of War Crimes and Crimes against humanity.
2006-09-27
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