He points out that the extension of human-rights law and a series of humanitarian interventions over the past few decades, some authorised by the Security Council, have challenged the old notion of national sovereignty as inviolable.
Democrats argue that Issa and his GOP colleagues are using the issue to try to score political points by discrediting Holder and, by extension, the president in an election year.
Chester have won just twice in 23 matches since Christmas Day - and have picked up just four points from nine games under Davies, who was handed a two-year contract extension earlier this week.