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How Does Extradition Work, and Who Actually Decides
A court deciding somebody is extraditable does not order anyone handed over. The statute gives the surrender decision to the Secretary of State, and the word it uses is may.
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International Law
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How Does Diplomatic Immunity Work, and Where It Stops
Immunity is not one thing but four grades of it, and the remedies are political rather than judicial — which is why they look like an absence of consequences.