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Brazil's Supreme Court ruled on Monday that foreign legislation did not have jurisdiction in its country, after the United States used a law to sanction a judge on the court.

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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

And yet nothing will ever stop Americans from coming into other nations’ subs and citing amendments that we don’t have.

lol why would they? But then again, Americans are the only country who fly their drones over your country, and use your country as a battlefield and then go home. They’re the world police. They would shit themselves if another country used the us mainland as a battlefield and had foreign drones flying around.

They’re too used to thinking they own the planet

[-] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

Uh... The Russia? Isn't that country doing the same in a much bigger scale, even?

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The Russia is doing it on a far smaller scale. The US does it so often it's boring.

See: how many military bases the US has around the world. See also: how Hawai'i became a state. But The Russia bad.

[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago

The issue with the US is they use other countries as bases for their drone war.

[-] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Why is that a relevant difference?

[-] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Good. Everyone should state this.

[-] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

The basic concept of sovereignty makes this pretty clear. Its a sad day when we have to point out that the sky is, in fact, still blue

[-] guy@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

How could that even go to the supreme court?

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

According to the Constitution of Brazil, foreign court decisions "can only be enforced in Brazil upon approval or in compliance with international judicial cooperation mechanisms," the court said.

Seems there is a mechanism for it. Probably to work with the international court of justice or something?

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Treaties in general that Brazil is a signatary of. The ones that legislate human rights are ranked as high as the constitution.

[-] rammer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

Too bad the US is not a signatory to great many of those treaties.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Aparently they thought US law applied in other countries, so you can see why they were confused

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

But Russian law is apparently applicable in the United States...

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

Please name a Russian law applicable in the United States?

Also see: the ICC. Also see: The Hague Invasion Act.

Countries apply, well, ONE country, laws outside themselves all the fucking time.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure why you took them literally. They're making a tongue-in-cheek statement about how Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is able to manipulate the American president seemingly with ease and impunity.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Alright I'm confused, how did sovereignty not already prevent this?

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

It's great showmanship. It's a lot of festive noise and music to point fun at the dying empire.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The Americans currently in charge needed it turned into a picture book with words less than 5 letters to understand.

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