“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
According to this statement the people of the United States are free and they should not be ruled by a tyrant. The Founders believed the people of the colonies were free to determine their political destiny
United States participation in the ICC treaty regime would also be unconstitutional because it would allow the trial of U.S. citizens for crimes committed on U.S. soil, which are otherwise entirely within the judicial power of the United States.