every State shall be bound thereby.” U. S. Const., Art. VI, cl. 2.

 

The dissenters noted:

 

Today’s decision interprets an international treaty in a manner that conflicts not only with the treaty’s language and history, but also with the ICJ’s (International Court of Jus-tice’s) interpretation of the same treaty provision. In creating this last-mentioned conflict, as far as I can tell, the Court’s decision is unprecedented.

 

The dissenters did not have the fire in their bellies that many dissenters in other historic decisions have had. They also failed to explain the harm that the decision would cause the United States. The effect of the Bustillo decision is that U.S. citizens can be arrested anywhere in the world and that maybe t...

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