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...Netherlands At Last, a Court of Last Resort After more than six years of diplomatic and legal disputes, the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened its first trial in the Hague on Jan. 26. The self-described "court of last resort," which operates independently of the U.N., was created to oversee large-scale human-rights violations--like those allegedly orchestrated by Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, the court's first defendant. The trial of Lubanga for training child-soldiers during the region's 2002-03 ethnic conflict is also the first test of an international law allowing victims--like the 93 people...
Governor Rod Blagojevich's 47-min. closing statement at his impeachment trial was the only real hiccup in the state senate hearings that had gone very smoothly in his absence. "It's painful to hold your tongue," Blagojevich said of the accusations leveled at him in December. But he insisted that he did not commit a criminal act, adding, "I didn't resign then, and I'm not resigning now." He went on, "You haven't been able to show wrongdoing in this trial," said Blagojevich, who called the proceedings an "improper impeachment not based on evidence" and hinted that...
Blagojevich had originally boycotted the trial, calling the proceedings, which began on Monday afternoon, a "kangaroo court." That allowed prosecutor David Ellis to present his case at a steady clip without any real hitches. Witnesses testified, evidence was presented and the occasional wiretap tape played. Blagojevich's soliloquy did not slow Ellis down. The trial moved swiftly to a conclusion and the unloved governor was sent packing a couple of hours after what turned out to be his valedictory. (See pictures of the remarkable world of Rod Blagojevich...
...only the state as a whole functioned as smoothly as the trial. In a perfect - or at least normal - world, the Illinois legislature would convene next Wednesday to ready a budget that is due two weeks later and set to work drafting bills to help the state. On the to-do list: battle the effects of a plummeting economy, bolster schools and the small-business sector, shore up agriculture and deal with a host of environmental issues, from clean coal to protecting Lake Michigan. "Nothing's getting done," says state representative Patricia Bellock, a Republican...
...defender of the poor and infirm, someone who is being unfairly targeted by legislators who want to reverse his progressive health-care and social-welfare policies. Indeed, despite the criminal charges against Blagojevich (including allegations that he tried to sell Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat), the trial is focusing on the governor's alleged "abuse of power": ignoring the wishes of the legislature by vastly expanding health care and other programs at a time when his critics say the state could least afford it. The governor is alleged to have gone around the legislature by simply ordering departments...