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 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court, confronting a case that tests the effect of international law in domestic death penalty cases, showed little interest Monday in deciding whether the U.S. government can deny foreign suspects access to legal help from their consulates.
The court heard arguments in the case of Jose Medellin, who is challenging his 1994 conviction and death sentence from a Texas court, citing a violation of a U.S. treaty that requires consular access for Americans detained abroad and foreigners arrested in the United States.
Medellin says he is entitled to a federal court hearing based on a violation of the Constitution's clause making treaties the "supreme law of the land."
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