WikiLeaks Party of Ecuador, London, having been granted political asylum by Ecuador in an attempt to avoid arrest by UK authorities. Assange is unable to leave the Embassy without being arrested by the Police Forces of the United Kingdom acting on an extradition order placed on him to travel to Sweden to answer allegations of rape and sexual molestation of two Swedish women. Assange fought the extradition order in the UK Court system from December 2010, however, subsequently both the UK High Court of Justice and the UK Supreme Court ruled that the extradition order had been lawfully made and duly dismissed
Extradition Clause Iowa. The Court rejected it, ruling that, under "Kentucky v. Dennison", the Governor of Iowa was not obligated to return Calder. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed. The Supreme Court, overruling its existing precedent, reversed, ruling unanimously that the Federal Courts did indeed have the power to enforce a writ of mandamus and that "Kentucky v. Dennison" was outdated. Fugitives for whom extradition had been refused under the former rule are now subject to extradition. Extradition Clause The Extradition Clause or Interstate Rendition Clause of the United States Constitution is Article IV, , Clause 2,