To: usmcobra
Does the 14th amendment override our Treaties with Great Britain? IMHO, yes. Rights recognized in the Constitution cannot be removed by any act of Congress; otherwise a treaty with the UN regarding firearm possession would eliminate our 2nd Amendment.
168 posted on
05/15/2010 11:34:27 AM PDT by
PugetSoundSoldier
(Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
To: PugetSoundSoldier
IMHO, yes. Rights recognized in the Constitution cannot be removed by any act of Congress; otherwise a treaty with the UN regarding firearm possession would eliminate our 2nd Amendment. We may soon put that to the test as you well know.
171 posted on
05/15/2010 11:52:31 AM PDT by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
To: PugetSoundSoldier
Treaties do not override, but they also are suppose to comply within the provisions of the constitution, therefore since Congress held the power over who could be naturalized & who couldn't, they held the power to determine which aliens could become citizens and the Chinese Exclusion act included Chinese immigrants and their children.
WKA was judicial verbicide in which Grey legislated from the bench with absolutely no constitutional authority to do so.
180 posted on
05/15/2010 12:10:59 PM PDT by
patlin
(1st SCOTUS of USA: "Human life, from its commencement to its close, is protected by the common law.")
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