- United States
- Calif.
- Letter
The time for silence is over. Our country is veering into a constitutional crisis, and unless leaders at every level act now, we may pass the point of no return.
As a state official, your voice matters. I urge you to call on Congress to begin the process of ratifying the Rome Statute and joining the International Criminal Court (ICC).
We are witnessing a sitting president defy the Supreme Court and use the power of the state to remove individuals without due process. The administration’s refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as ordered by the Court, is not just defiance—it’s constitutional mutiny.
Worse, it was met with laughter.
In the Oval Office, President Trump joked about detaining “homegrown” citizens and suggested building “five more places” to hold them. This is no longer about politics—it’s about unchecked power and state-sponsored repression.
If Congress and the courts are ignored, the ICC may be the last line of accountability. And while the U.S. has not ratified the Rome Statute, the ICC can still investigate crimes committed in member states’ territories. No official is immune—not even Americans.
The U.S. signed the Rome Statute in 2000 but never ratified it. That failure has become a liability. We are subject to jurisdiction without influence, protection, or credibility.
How can you ensure that I, or any American, will be protected from unjust, extrajudicial imprisonment? This is not theoretical. The warning signs are real—and happening now.
We need leaders who will speak up—now. Use your office and platform to push Congress to act or, at the very least, start the debate. The rule of law does not defend itself. That is what elected leadership is for.
History will judge us by what we did when democracy was in danger—and it won’t be kind to those who stayed silent.
