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At 4/26/04 04:57 AM, Fiend_Lore wrote: no it wasnt. the main reason for world war 1 was the assassination of the Arch Duke Ferdinand. its a long story, but it caused contries in the long run to take sides, then fight

No, that's not the main reason. That was just the last straw that started it. And it didn't cause them to take sides - they already had taken sides.

Honestly, giving too much power to the U.N. is a bad thing. If we allow it to be the policing entity, why won't they just turn on us? There are so many nations who are jealous or pissed off at us that it would be a "Let's Fuck America" fest. The U.N. is almost as scary as the ICC (or International Criminal Court). I'm glad Bush and Clinton supported keeping America out of it. Although they have not completely succeeded yet. Judges who are trying to dictate policies based on ICC laws are already attacking from the inside. The checks and balances set up in the Constitution need to be enforced to keep them in line. It is not the duty of the courts to make laws, only to enforce them.

At 4/26/04 01:58 PM, amyhre wrote: The checks and balances set up in the Constitution need to be enforced to keep them in line. It is not the duty of the courts to make laws, only to enforce them.

As far as I can tell the checks and balances are doing just fine with the judicial system. I thought it was the execuative branch's job to enforce the laws, and the Judicial branch to make sure the laws were constitutional as well as pass judgement after verdicts are decided. Please correct me if I am wrong on this.