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1 Medellin v. Dretke, 371 F.3d 270 (5th Cir. 2004), cert, granted, 125 S.Ct. 686 (2004).
2 Avena (Mex. v. U.S.), 2004 ICJ Rep. 128 (Mar. 31); see Shelton, Dinah L., Case Report: Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States), 98 AJIL 559 (2004)CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Murphy, Sean D., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 98 AJIL 581 (2004)Google ScholarPubMed.
3 Medellin v. Dretke, No. 04-5928 (U.S.) (questions presented), at <http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/04-5928.htm>.
4 Memorandum from President George W. Bush to the Attorney General (Feb. 28, 2005), at <http://www.asil.org/inthenews/avenamemo050308.html>. Unusually for an important legal document, as of the date of this writing (March 2005), the president’s memorandum has not appeared in the electronic version of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.
5 Liptak, Adam, U.S. Says It Has Withdrawn from World Judicial Body, N.Y. Times, Mar. 10, 2005, at A14 Google Scholar.
6 Optional Protocol Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, April 24, 1963, 21 UST 326, 596 UNTS 488.
7 Dept. of State Daily Press Briefing (Mar. 10, 2005), at <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2005/43225.htm>.
8 Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondent at 8–9 (Feb. 2005), Medellin v. Dretke (U.S.) (No. 04–5928), at <http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/briefs/2004/3mer/lami/2004-5928.mer.ami.pdf> [hereinafter U.S. amicus brief].
9 Id. at 19 (citations omitted).
10 Id. at 34.
11 Id. at 42–44 (citations and footnotes omitted).