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Article VI provides that the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof, and treaties made under the authority of the U.S., are all the supreme law of the land. That means that a federal constitutional provision, law or treaty trumps a state constitutional provision or law every day and twice on Sunday. But it does not mean that treaties are part of the Constitution, or that the hierarchy of laws---where the Constitution, which was approved by the People, is the highest form of law---has been varied. Besides, O'Connor isn't talking about basing decisions on treaties that have been entered into by the U.S. and ratified by 2/3 of the Senate (or by majorities of each House in the case of non-treaty agreements). O'Connor is talking about basing decisions on international treaties to which the U.S. is not party, or on constitutional interpretations by French or German courts! That's beyond the pale. For this, and for the reason I espoused in post #20, O'Connor should be impeached and removed.