[Wall Street Journal] Thomas Catan - Spain is moving to rein in its investigative judges from trying alleged crimes against humanity from around the world, a role that has led to high-profile cases against the governments of the U.S., China, Israel and others. Under pressure from irate foreign governments, Spain's Congress on Tuesday passed a resolution to limit the jurisdiction of the crusading judges to cases in which there is a clear Spanish connection. Cases taken up by the judges would have to involve a Spanish citizen or the accused would have to be on Spanish soil.
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