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Supreme Court ruling rebukes President Bush.(Inside Track)
Mexican national Jose Medellin was arrested, tried, and convicted for raping and murdering two Texas teenagers in 1993. He was awarded the death penalty. But because he was not advised of a right to receive legal assistance from the Mexican consul, Mexico sued the United States on his behalf in the World Court, a United Nations body. In 2004, the World Court ruled that the United States must reopen the case. President Bush promptly announced his support for the World Court's ruling and told Texas to comply with it.
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Medellin's lawyers went back to court in the United States, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected their appeal in 2006. Texas Judge Michael Kaesler even stated that President Bush "had exceeded his constitutional authority by intruding into the independent powers" of his state's judicial system. So the lawyers for the convicted criminal appealed further to the Supreme Court of the United States.
On March 25 of this year, the Supreme Court rejected this latest appeal in a 6-3 ruling and effectively told the president that his powers are not ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Supreme Court ruling rebukes President Bush.(Inside Track)