United States v. Chokwe Lumumba

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• “[R]ecognition by the executive branch—not to be second-guessed by the judiciary—is essential to establishing diplomatic status.”
• “[The VCDR] and the corresponding statute . . . premise diplomatic immunity upon recognition by the receiving state.”
• defendant's alleged status as “Vice President and Minister of Justice of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika” did not entitle him to immunity from contempt prosecution

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