The International Criminal Court (ICC), inaugurated on April 11, 2002, and based on Europe's model of governmental structure, exemplifies the irreconcilable differences between American constitutionalism and European federalism. If the ICC gains stature as a legitimate international judiciary body, it poses a clear danger to America's ability to conduct foreign policy in her own interests and undermines the right of American citizens to determine their national domestic policy. Established through the Rome Treaty in 1997, the ICC was shaped by a group antagonistic toward America, crafting the treaty to contravene her authority by prohibiting reservations, thus forcing the U.S. Senate to ratify it unchanged, a direct attack on Senate prerogatives. The ICC, consisting of 18 justices representing the world's principal legal systems, holds jurisdiction over individuals accused of crimes under the Statute of Rome, including commanders, presidents, and elected officials, regardless of whether their governments ratified the treaty. It could demand that the United States surrender a citizen for trial, even for acts committed within U.S. borders, showing no respect for constitutional guarantees like the Bill of Rights. This overreach, as seen in cases like the detention of Augusto Pinochet in Britain, challenges national sovereignty, claiming authority over American citizens without their consent, an act tantamount to conquest by courts and potentially interpretable as an act of war. From an American perspective, the Statute of Rome erodes constitutionalism by vesting the ICC with authority superior to the U.S. Constitution, inhibiting the autonomy of all three branches of government. It replaces specific national laws with vague generalities susceptible to political agendas, covering poorly defined crimes like crimes against humanity, war crimes, and undefined crimes of aggression. Such imprecision fails American constitutional standards, risking prosecution of leaders for inexactly defined actions. Additionally, the ICC operates without accountability to any popularly elected legislature or executive, mirroring the European Union's democracy deficit, and its independent Office of the Prosecutor lacks oversight, inviting corruption and dominance by unaccountable interest groups. The danger of the ICC lies in its judicial nature, carrying an air of law that could mislead Americans, who respect law, into ceding national sovereignty to a European-led entity, threatening American freedoms through misguided international law.