European Court Imposes Abortion on Catholic Ireland

December 16, 2010 — bunkerville

Whatever your position is on abortion, take heed. This is something for Ireland to settle for itself. Once the European Court steps in, the precedent has been set. We have been warned of the “International law” that several of our Supreme Court Justices think might be something to consider when deciding a case. The European Union. Not in our backyard.

European Court of Human Rights judgments are legally binding but difficult to enforce. Council of Europe nations often take years to enact the legal reforms ordered. An offending nation that refuses to observe a court order could be expelled from the Council of Europe, this has never happened, however Ireland may want to think twice about taking any bailouts from the EU in light of the European Court’s eagerness to meddle in its domestic affairs:

Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortion violates pregnant women’s right to receive proper medical care in life-threatening cases, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday, harshly criticizing Ireland’s long inaction on the issue.

The Strasbourg, France-based court ruled that a pregnant woman fighting cancer should have been allowed to get an abortion in Ireland in 2005 rather than being forced to go to England for the procedure. The judgment put Ireland under pressure to draft a law extending abortion rights to women whose pregnancies represent a potentially fatal threat to their own health.

Ireland has resisted doing that despite a 1992 judgment from the Irish Supreme Court that said Ireland should provide abortions in cases where a woman’s life is endangered — including, controversially, by her own threats to commit suicide. More at Right Wing News

Supreme Court Justices think International Law might be something to consider

Kennedy’s statement:

”But “‘[t]he climate of international opinion concerning the acceptability of a particular punishment’” is also “‘not irrelevant.’”

So holds the Court, by a 6–3 vote, in Graham v. Florida. Hope to have more later today, when I’ve read the opinions, but here’s one item that’s likely to be quite controversial: The majority opinion (Justice Kennedy writing for the four liberals and himself) has a subsection near the end that begins,

There is support for our conclusion in the fact that, in continuing to impose life without parole sentences on juveniles who did not commit homicide, the United States adheres to a sentencing practice rejected the world over.This observation does not control our decision. The judgments of other nations and the international community are not dispositive as to the meaning of the Eighth Amendment. But “‘[t]he climate of international opinion concerning the acceptability of a particular punishment’” is also “‘not irrelevant.’”

Volokh

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Poland Ratifies EU Lisbon Treaty – a Threat to U.S.

October 11, 2009 — bunkerville
Polish President Lech Kaczynski signs EU's Lisbon Treaty at presidential palace in Warsaw on Oct. 10, 2009

Polish President Lech Kaczynski signs EU's Lisbon Treaty at presidential palace in Warsaw on Oct. 10, 2009

The Main Stream Media is not reporting on one of the most threatening actions taking place. And that is the beginning of the Lisbon Treaty. Poland is the second-to-last EU member to sign the Lisbon Treaty, which must be ratified by all 27 member states before it can take effect. Update:And they are threatening to throw the last hold out, out.

“The Treaty of Lisbon will define what the EU can and cannot do, and what means it can use. It will alter the structure of the EU’s institutions and how they work. As a result, the EU will be more democratic and its core values will be better served”. This is what is claimed. In reality, the countries will essentially give up their  sovereignty.

It will only be a matter of time until the U.S. will be required to adhere to an International Court. Our new Supremo stated during her confirmation, that we should consider “other laws” than our own  in determining  a U.S. ruling. The Euro will become the world’s currency. There are already rumblings about using other currencies than our dollar for the world’s currency. Yet we are like sheep. No one, not one elected official is addressing these issues. Instead, voting our country into bankruptcy. We are in decline, and no one is speaking out.

Only one more country to go- then the Treaty goes into effect. That country?

Now the only signature missing is that of Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who has also expressed concerns about a more powerful EU.  Breaking news:

Germans seek to oust Czech president Vaclav Klaus over EU treaty

In faraway Brussels furious diplomats were calling for his impeachment and even his country’s expulsion from the European Union because of his obstinate refusal to sign the Lisbon treaty. Klaus, now the only European leader holding out against ratifying the document, made it clear he did not give a damn.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6869578.ece

http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/index_en.htm

This new treaty is the result of negotiations between EU member countries in an intergovernmental conference. Poland has signed the Lisbon Treaty which aims to streamline the workings of the European Union. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/11/2009101100804.html
In a ceremony Saturday, Poland became the 26th country to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. Despite his personal antipathy towards the European Union, Polish President Lech Kaczynski signed the accord.

The Constitution of the United States of Europe :http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/full_text/index_en.htm  Also the “official site” of the E.U.

The European Union is not a democracy, because no Euro politician or Euro M.P., nor any European President or E.U. leader, has ever been elected or voted for by the general public. Yet the European Parliament is in control of the official government of the countries in Europe.

The European Parliament has the final say in deciding laws which apply to every E.U. member states, and the European Court is higher than any national court and has the final say in enforcing law in all member states. Is the New World Order just a conspiracy theory, or is there truly a secret agenda to unite the world under a single government, a single currency, a single legal system, and perhaps even a single religion? What happens to countries which do not wish to participate in the United Nations or the New World Order? What will happens next after the process globalisation is complete? Globalization is an internationalist process which transcends nationality, so who controls it and who is behind it?

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