President Trump Uses National Emergency Powers to Block The International Criminal Court, Leaving American Property Rights Caught in the Crossfire.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
President Trump's Executive Order 14203 raises critical questions about using property-based mechanisms to enforce Presidential agendas. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act grants the President national emergency powers that override constitutional protections, including substantive and procedural due process rights. This piece examines how executive orders weaponize legal concepts to further geopolitical aims, with lasting implications for international relations and domestic rule of law. President Trump's ongoing conflict with the International Criminal Court has left American property rights caught in the crossfire. EO 14203 bypasses procedural due process protections by allowing property blocking and sanctions without notice, freezing property interests without prior notification to affected parties. The executive order fails strict scrutiny because it infringes on property owners' fundamental constitutional right to procedural due process. The lack of clear boundaries on what constitutes a national emergency means American property rights can be limited or eliminated. These broad emergency powers raise constitutional concerns about property ownership limitations, Presidential control, and government intervention that erode individual liberty and undermine the rule of law.
