moreover, the largely outspoken but always central aim of its most vigorous supporters was to constrain the united states. the objective was not limited to targeting individual u.s. service members, but rather america's senior political leadership in its relentless determination to keep our country secure. the icc was formally established in july, 2002 following the entry into force of the statue. in may 2002, president george w. bush authorized the united states to unsigned the statute because it was fundamentally in the legitimate. the icc and its prosecutor had been granted potentially enormous essentially unaccountable powers and alongside numerous other glaring significant flaws, the international criminal court constituted an assault on the constitutional rights of the american people in the sovereignty of the united state