No. But you do.
I never said that Legislation trumps a Treaty. In fact, a Treaty trumps almost every other form of law.
In other threads, you've said that statutes trump the Constitution and/or the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution:
To: LachlanMinnesota
Look at your own flawed “logic” on the issue. There is NO direct, Constitutional definition of NBC. It is entirely CONSTITUTIONAL, therefore, for CONGRESS to define such terms. Courts, for many years, had to resort to Common Law for a definition of citizenship, itself.Then, legislation was passed by Congress as to what requirements had to be met, to be a Citizen at Birth.
Hamilton shot another founder in a dual. Adams and Jefferson hated each other.
Our Founders, more than likely, disagreed on many citizenship issues.
This is WHY the definition of citizenship was left to Congress.
142 posted on Wed Feb 01 2012 21:14:38 GMT-0800 (PST) by Kansas58
If Congress can change the meanings of words in the Constitution, then they can make the Constitution mean whatever they want. That would enable them to make the Constitution totally irrelevant.
The same logic applies to treaties. So by arguing that Congress has the power to be the final authority regarding the meanings of words, you are in fact claiming that Congress has the power to enact legislation that trumps a treaty.
I, in principle, agree with you. Let me point out a problem with your position, though.
When the Constitution, or a law, is not unambiguously clear in meaning, somebody has to determine what the true meaning is.
For the most part, that has been the courts.
Do you seriously contend that allowing the courts to interpret the Constitution as they see fit is better than giving such power to Congress?
The voters can completely replace a Congress in 6 years, if they see fit. Replacing the Supreme Court entirely might take 40 or more years.
The courts are the least representative and democratic branch of government. Giving them additional power by allowing them to decide whether a president's election was valid is not a good idea. They're much too powerful already.
I would waste no time responding to Kansas58. It is pointless to argue with that level of stupid.