The ICC’s Phantom Authority: Why the United States Doesn’t Answer to Uninvited Judges

Imagine you live in a quiet Midwestern town. Your neighborhood’s homeowners’ association enforces rules about lawn height, mailbox color, and whether you can park your boat in the driveway. 

Now imagine that the same HOA decides it may enforce those rules on a nearby town that never agreed to join, signed no contract, and has its own laws. 

One day, they announce you’ll be fined, maybe even arrested, for violating their rules. You’d laugh them off the block or call the cops.

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