Posts by Bella Mannray
The Ongoing Supremacy of American Constitutionalism over the International Criminal Court

The United States fails to engage with international law and justice in many regards, with a major example being the nation’s abstention from the International Criminal Court (ICC). While choosing to not be a member of the ICC isn’t a violation of international law, by remaining out of the ICC, the U.S. greatly undermines its effectiveness and makes the enforcement powers of this international body extremely weak.

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Decolonizing the Supreme Court: Expanding Tribal Adjudicating Authority Over Non-Member Disputes

Despite the fact that in the last twenty nine years, the Supreme Court has ruled against tribal interests in 72% of the fifty-five cases it heard that dealt with this matter, the current Court is beginning to come back to the ideology of Marshall in Worcester, ruling in favor of tribal interests. Through recent rulings in cases involving treaties where land disputes arose between tribes and the United States government, there is growing precedent being established for a renewed increase in tribal authority over nonmember disputes in civil courts.

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