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| Top Ukrainian court declares referendum "unconstitutional" |
| 2014-03-16 |
| [ENGLISH.CNTV.CN] Ukraine's Constitutional Court has declared unconstitutional a planned referendum in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on joining Russia. It comes one day ahead of the scheduled referendum by the Parliament of Crimea. The decision means the Crimean Parliament's decree to hold the vote carries no power - according to the court. The Court has ordered Crimea to halt all preparations for the referendum vote, and to destroy voting-papers and promotional material across the Crimean Peninsula. Under Ukrainian law, the Constitutional Court's decision cannot be appealed, and must be implemented. Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the space pirate fleet to attack Zemblonia... the UN Security Council is expected to convene an emergency meeting on Saturday to vote on a draft resolution on Ukraine, drawn up by the United States and backed by Western countries. The council meeting comes after talks in London between US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the Ukrainian crisis made no progress on Friday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Lawfare, or more appropriately justification for war, is as old as western civilization (not saying all civilization, just what I am most familiar with. Let's go back to the Second Punic War. Carthage was turning into a thorn on Rome's west. There were those who called for war, not only as a check vs. Carthage but also as an opportunity to expand into Sicily. There were those who were against war, noting that by the potential capture of Sicily the grain produced there would compete with native farmers. There were similar issues going on in Carthage, perhaps fueled by the political calculation that war with Rome would solidify the power of the Barkar family, already given loose rules to occupy and improve Hispania. It all came down to a dispute in a small Spanish town and the legal interpretation of the treaty which ended the First Punic War. More recently would be the legel interpretations of treaties and obligations which led to the alliances in WWI. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-03-16 12:03 |
| #3 Nothing like an invader holding a gun to your head telling you to vote for or against the invader. |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-16 10:56 |
| #2 The lawfare habits, Uncle, the lawfare habits. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-16 03:23 |
| #1 ..can someone tell me where in the progression towards armed conflict lawfare enters.? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-03-16 01:03 |