Re:US blocks shipments of semiconductors to Huawei
by free_rms on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:34AM
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So you're saying we should all ignore the very, very obvious political angles here and trust that it's all about the rule of law, applied neutrally and apolitically?
Next you'll be telling us that a police officer would never lie on the stand.
Re:US blocks shipments of semiconductors to Huawei
by gpm on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:46AM
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No, I'm telling you that you should look at the public court process and conclude that it's the rule of law being applied, very little trust is necessary in this instance.
Not requiring trust is the entire reason why we have such a public court process.
Re:US blocks shipments of semiconductors to Huawei
by free_rms on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:52AM
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This case is pretty irregular as far as rule of law goes. You just don't see executives imprisoned for corporate accounting shenanigans or trade with the wrong countries way down in their reporting chain. The laws are long and can capture anyone, why was this one brought to bear in particular, at this particular time?
I suspect we have very different opinions on how frequently police lie on the stand.
Re:US blocks shipments of semiconductors to Huawei
by DiogenesKynikos on Friday May 15, 2020 @09:23AM
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You can be certain that there is heavy government involvement in the case, just as there was in the SNC Lavalin case. The government is not simply going to leave an important matter of state like this to the vagaries of the courts.
> This is primarily an argument for amending our laws in response to this case, not ignoring them in this case.
The political exception to extradition quite obviously applies here. This is a standard clause in extradition treaties. The thing is, the Canadian government is afraid to use this clause for political reasons - fear of retaliation from the Trump administration.
What paralysis? It's moving through the court system at the court systems typical pace. (Which is slower than I would like... but that's just a general comment about our court system)
> Canada's system of laws is being abused by the Trump administration
This is primarily an argument for amending our laws in response to this case, not ignoring them in this case. Admittedly it's partially an argument that might be raised to say that the laws do not support extradition in this case, but of course at the time we detained Meng Wanzhou this was nowhere near as clear, and her lawyers are more then capable of making this argument to the court.
> The possible US reaction to not extraditing Meng Wanzhou would be just as - if not more - scary.
Indeed, and we should pay as little attention to that as we do to China's threats and retaliatory arrests. I have complete faith that our courts are paying as little attention to it.