Of course the ICC Japanese President glorifies her court as a bastion of the international rule of law. Relegating international law to a fun amateur league puts the ICC in sync with its enabling partner, the International Court of Justice. “For violators of international law our dominant image of ‘war criminals’ and ‘international tribunals’ is, of course, the Nazis. The only way to make this pathology sound like a reasoned political program is to resort to international law. Taking out a meddling international court would give a project like that a decisive shot in the arm.