Constitutional Limitations on the Treaty Power
Justia.com
http://law.justia.com/constitution/us/article-2/19-constitutional-limitations-on-treaty-power.html
Excerpt:
“As statutes may be held void because they contravene the Constitution, it should follow that treaties may be held void, the Constitution being superior to both. And indeed the Court has numerous times so stated.”
TREATIES DO NOT SUPERCEDE THE CONSTITUTION
http://www.famguardian.org/Subjects/LawAndGovt/Articles/Treaties.htm
I’m sorry, but this is an interpretation of the Constitution in one of its early incarnations, you know, before it was shocked into a breathing, living document that is meant to keep up with the times without the need to actually amend the thing in accordance with its terms. S/
Now, it is more like the Pirate code, more a set of guidelines than rules...