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Old 06-19-2002, 04:05 PM   #1
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Any predictions on what, if anything, will come of this?

<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,55679,00.html" target="_blank">FOX News Article</a>
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Perhaps Cardinal Bernard Law will become the next Pope.
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<strong>Perhaps Cardinal Bernard Law will become the next Pope.</strong>
This wouldn`t surprise me at all seeing how fucked up and out of touch with reality the Vatican is.
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A few months ago there was a statement out of the Vatican saying that the church was considering using diplomatic immunity for its Cardinals and Bishops in case of prosecutions.
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Can diplomatic immunity apply to American citizens?
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<strong>Can diplomatic immunity apply to American citizens?</strong>
<a href="http://www.snopes2.com/autos/law/mrsbrown.htm" target="_blank">http://www.snopes2.com/autos/law/mrsbrown.htm</a>

Hilarious case about James Brown's wife, but see comments in last paragraph, which says clearly US citizens in US have no DI.

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I just have to say that, what with the American legal system, I didn't realize at first that "Law" was being used as a person's name in this context.
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