Colombia is high on the list of U.S. foreign policy priorities at the moment: the U.S. has a pending free-trade agreement; Colombian President Uribe is considering a Constitutional amendment to run for a third term á la Bloomberg/Chavez; and many of Colombia's worst war criminals have recently been extradited to the US.

Colombia's Supreme Court may have a role to play in each of these controversies and many more: President Uribe is currently...