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To: Castigar
Treaties do become the law of the land but they can’t conflict with the Constitution.

They do. Routinely. Lots of them. FedGov even enforces the terms of treaties that were not ratified.

40 posted on 03/20/2013 7:46:33 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics usually is.)
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To: Carry_Okie

“They do. Routinely. Lots of them. FedGov even enforces the terms of treaties that were not ratified. “

Yes there are many unconstitutional things out there, but Constitutionally speaking a treaty can’t trump the constitution. That would bypass the amendment process. Liberals like to argue that since a treaty becomes law of the land it can trump the constitution but that’s wrong. It’s much the same argument that the constitution is a “living document” that is malleable to change with the time. It’s just an argument to try to end run the amendment process.


41 posted on 03/21/2013 4:20:55 AM PDT by Castigar
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