Is Anyone Other Than Me Rattled Past Times The Fifa Arrests?
Soccer (or what nearly the ground calls "football") is barely an American game. None of the FIFA officials arrested are American citizens together with none of the alleged crimes involved American citizens.
And yet FIFA officials are acre of report to American extradition warrants on the footing of American law.
This is from ane of the countries that is not a player inwards the International Criminal Court together with does non similar to acre of report itself to international law.
I accept piddling dubiety that FIFA is corrupt. And I don't dubiety it deserves to endure cleaned up.
But endeavor this scenario. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dry ground (say France) makes it illegal to emit greenhouse gases inwards a higher house a sure enough quantity inwards non-compliance amongst international agreements. US utility executives (who emit huge amounts of greenhouse gas) are travelling inwards a 3rd dry ground (say Switzerland) together with larn arrested to endure tried inwards France.
Would y'all endure comfortable?
I would not. But y'all could reasonably fence that ensuring the planet is non despoiled is to a greater extent than of import than cleaning upwards corruption inwards football. And y'all could reasonably fence that emissions inwards the U.S.A. touching on French Republic far to a greater extent than than enjoin soccer corruption affects the United States.
This is only anti-democratic. We non-Americans did non vote for the US laws together with the US legal organisation is non responsive to our votes.
But the US organisation applies to us fifty-fifty when nosotros are non dealing amongst Americans.
It seems unusual to me to explicate republic to Americans - but alas it seems Americans accept forgotten the tyranny of unusual laws.
John
Postscript. It seems around of the crimes involved US Citizens together with on US soil... but the extraterritorial claim is nonetheless made. Some are non US citizens concerning Brazilian tournaments.
Many people commented on extradition treaties requiring the offense endure a offense inwards both jurisdictions... but the arrests took house inwards a 3rd dry ground - Switzerland - that had tenuous links to the crime.
This editorial is also to the point...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/05/27/how-watergate-helps-explain-how-the-u-s-can-prosecute-fifa-officials/?wpisrc=nl_pmpol&wpmm=1
And yet FIFA officials are acre of report to American extradition warrants on the footing of American law.
This is from ane of the countries that is not a player inwards the International Criminal Court together with does non similar to acre of report itself to international law.
I accept piddling dubiety that FIFA is corrupt. And I don't dubiety it deserves to endure cleaned up.
But endeavor this scenario. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dry ground (say France) makes it illegal to emit greenhouse gases inwards a higher house a sure enough quantity inwards non-compliance amongst international agreements. US utility executives (who emit huge amounts of greenhouse gas) are travelling inwards a 3rd dry ground (say Switzerland) together with larn arrested to endure tried inwards France.
Would y'all endure comfortable?
I would not. But y'all could reasonably fence that ensuring the planet is non despoiled is to a greater extent than of import than cleaning upwards corruption inwards football. And y'all could reasonably fence that emissions inwards the U.S.A. touching on French Republic far to a greater extent than than enjoin soccer corruption affects the United States.
This is only anti-democratic. We non-Americans did non vote for the US laws together with the US legal organisation is non responsive to our votes.
But the US organisation applies to us fifty-fifty when nosotros are non dealing amongst Americans.
It seems unusual to me to explicate republic to Americans - but alas it seems Americans accept forgotten the tyranny of unusual laws.
John
Postscript. It seems around of the crimes involved US Citizens together with on US soil... but the extraterritorial claim is nonetheless made. Some are non US citizens concerning Brazilian tournaments.
Many people commented on extradition treaties requiring the offense endure a offense inwards both jurisdictions... but the arrests took house inwards a 3rd dry ground - Switzerland - that had tenuous links to the crime.
This editorial is also to the point...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/05/27/how-watergate-helps-explain-how-the-u-s-can-prosecute-fifa-officials/?wpisrc=nl_pmpol&wpmm=1
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