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Extradition of Assange to US Signed Off

posted by janrinok on Thursday June 13 2019, @07:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the would-totally-not-happen dept.

quietus writes:

The UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed off on the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, reports El Reg.

Javid's certifying of the US extradition request lodged this week is the first formal step in having Assange sent across the pond. The next phase is tomorrow, when Belmarsh Magistrates' Court will set a date for a full extradition hearing. After that, assuming a district judge (full-time professional magistrate) OKs the extradition, Javid himself will make the final decision on whether or not to send the one-time chief WikiLeaker to America, as UK.gov's website explains. It is almost certain Assange will file an appeal to the High Court after the district judge's ruling, and again (as the law allows) after the Home Secretary's final decision.

In the US, Assange will face charges of violating espionage law.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @03:18PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @03:18PM (#855604)

    Wrong.

    http://centreforinquiry.ca/blasphemy-laws-still-exist-in-the-united-states/ [centreforinquiry.ca]

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @03:46PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @03:46PM (#855618)

    If a law has been voided and is unenforceable, even if it has not been explicitly expunged, it no longer has the force of law. As such, it is not, in fact, a law at all.

    The US Constitution explicitly bars such laws (via the First Amendment) and extends that bar to the several states (via the Fourteenth Amendment). The passage of the Fourteenth Amendment voided all blasphemy statutes (as well as *any* statute that contradicts the US Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land) throughout the US. Any such laws still on the books are artifacts, unenforceable and void.

    More recently, many US states also have laws either barring same-sex marriage or defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The US Supreme Court's 2015 ruling in Obergfell v. Hodges [wikipedia.org] made same-sex marriage legal throughout the United States.

    While the numerous state laws barring such unions are still on the books, they are likewise unenforceable artifacts, void of the force of law.

    Sorry, friend. Nice try. You'll do better next time, I'm sure.