The selectivity needs to be pointed out explicitly. The downside is that DC would make use of powers "granted" by a treaty signed with no oversight by the sovereign (that is US) and then turn around and use said "acquired" power to treat US like DC has treated Indians whose property it coveted.
60 posted on 10/27/2009 11:30:18 AM PDT by Avoiding_Sulla
(Yesterday's Left = today's status quo. Thus "CONSERVATIVE": a conflicted label for battling tyranny.)