That threat was clear from the court's founding in 2022 or I'm sorry, 2002, 23 years ago. It's why the United States never agreed to its jurisdiction. It's why in the same year, Congress passed the American Service Members Protection Act, also colloquially known as the Hague Invasion Act. a law which authorizes the President to use all means necessary to release our citizens detained by the court. (04:18–04:33)
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