re: "War Crimes"

Olli at Olli In Munich ("a serial expat currently living in Munich") has some news relating to immigration fraud.

Money quote(s):

"Ivan Demjanjuk might soon be appearing in a courtroom in Munich charged with war crimes. Demjanjuk, originally from The Ukraine, was a Red Army soldier captured by the Germans in 1942 who then chose to ally himself with his captors. After the war Demjanjuk settled in Germany, but left in 1951 and moved to the US."

"His US citizenship, which he had lost some years before his extradition, was restored. The US Justice Department appealed against this on the grounds that Demjanjuk had indeed been a concentration camp guard, even if not the one believed by the Israeli prosecutors. The court agreed and removed his citizenship once more. Demjanjuk's final appeal against the decision was rejected by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeal in 2004. As a stateless person Demjanjuk was liable to deportation if a country could be found willing to take him. However, neither Ukraine not Poland - where his alleged crimes were perpetrated were willing either to take or to put him on trial."

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"(I)f Demjanjuk were acquitted I would assume that since he would have been deported rather than extradited and since he is no longer a US citizen the Germans would be stuck with him, either having to look after him until he dies or find another country willing to take him - which seems unlikely."

re: " 'Doesn't Like What it Sees' "

Olli at Olli In Munich ("originally from Belfast in Northern Ireland and now a serial expat currently living in Munich") has a great post up about the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany's consideration of The Treaty of Lisbon.

Money quote(s):

"The Treaty of Lisbon, drafted by the EU authorities after the failure of the Constitution, has been approved by the German Parliament but final ratification requires the approval of the Court. The European Constitution was never tested in the Court since its rejection by the French and Dutch electorate killed it off.

The Treaty of Lisbon has already been rejected by the electorate of Ireland but, true to form, the EU authorities prefer to ignore this manifestation of democracy in pursuit of their own agenda. The Constitutional court will be rather more difficult to ignore."

"The question at issue is whether the Treaty is compatible with the Basic Law of 1949, effectively Germany's Constitution."

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"If the judges do conclude that the Treaty is at odds with the Basic Law it is dead. While the EU authorities simply chose to treat the Irish electorate with a mixture of anger and contempt and carried on regardless it will be impossible to ignore the Court."