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Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump’s sanctions on ICC
2025-07-19
[IsraelTimes] A federal judge blocks the enforcement of US President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting those who work with the International Criminal Court.

The ruling follows an April lawsuit by two human rights advocates challenging Trump’s February 6 order authorizing potentially far-reaching economic and travel sanctions on people who work on ICC investigations of US citizens or US allies, such as Israel.

In her ruling, US District Judge Nancy Torresen called the executive order an unconstitutional infringement on free speech.

“The executive order appears to restrict substantially more speech than necessary to further that end,” she wrote.

“The executive order broadly prohibits any speech-based services that benefit the prosecutor, regardless of whether those beneficial services relate to an ICC investigation of the United States, Israel, or another US ally.”

The White House and the ICC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The executive order imposed sanctions on ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, who is British. The US treasury department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also place him on a registry of sanctioned individuals and entities.

US citizens who provide services for the benefit of Khan or other sanctioned individuals could face civil and criminal penalties, according to the order, which has been condemned by the ICC and dozens of countries.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  If it is under the guise of working for an authority's investigation department, it isn't speech it is motive.

Sorry, Karen. Her 'glamour shot' which pops up with a search has her sporting a corella deville and Junior Seau's shoulder pads.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-07-19 10:15  

#3  Debank that son of a bitch. No dollars allowed to pass through his hands. Make him have to use cryptocurrency to buy a coke from a machine.
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435   2025-07-19 08:08  

#2  Nancy Torresen (born 1959)[1] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine. She is the first female judge to serve in the District of Maine.

Obama nominated
Posted by: Frank G   2025-07-19 07:21  

#1  And what gives the plaintiffs standing?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-07-19 07:17  

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