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To: Sandy
"the reason treaties were not limited to those made in "pursuance" of the Constitution was so that..."

You've missed the big picture. Your above "reason" doesn't matter. What matters is that treaties do not have to be made pursuant to the Constitution's government restrictions, per Article VI in the Constitution itself.

65 posted on 05/05/2004 2:22:32 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack
Try reading the entire passage. You obviously missed this part:
It would be manifestly contrary to the objectives of those who created the Constitution, as well as those who were responsible for the Bill of Rights - let alone alien to our entire constitutional history and tradition - to construe Article VI as permitting the United States to exercise power under an international agreement without observing constitutional prohibitions.

68 posted on 05/05/2004 2:33:18 PM PDT by Sandy
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