The San Francisco Chronicle reports, "Foreigners who are arrested in the United States can't sue police for failing to tell them of their right to contact their consulate, despite a treaty requiring such notification, a federal appeals court ruled Monday." "In a 2-1 decision," according to the report, "the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the 1963 Vienna Convention, which provides protection for people facing prosecution in a foreign country, governs relations between nations and does not authorize private lawsuits for violations."