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Rubio attacks international law as elite tool
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls international law a tool of elites, warning the U.S. won't submit to it.
In brief
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls international law a tool of elites, warning the U.S. won't submit to it. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared international law serves elites and the U.S. will not follow it. Originally reported by The Japan Times.
Rubio's speech
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an aggressive speech at Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention in Washington.
Rubio targets ICC
Rubio singled out the International Criminal Court as a tool elites use to advance their interests.
Rubio's warning
Rubio warned the U.S. would not submit to the 'sterile vision of radical judges or soulless global bureaucrats'.
Rubio's analogy
Rubio compared enforcing laws on Americans to Pompey telling those invoking city charters to stop quoting laws.
The bottom line
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared international law serves elites and the U.S. will not follow it.
