The ruling’s scope is limited to two American activists, but it represents a striking, if tentative, blow to the president’s efforts to penalize and isolate the world’s highest criminal court.

A federal judge on Friday handed down a ruling partially blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court. In February, Trump issued an order targeting the ICC due to accusations of anti-U.

US federal judge blocks President Trump's executive order imposing sanctions on those aiding ICC investigations, calling it an unconstitutional breach of free speech.