What I do not understand is why so many insist that the Geneva Convention trumps the Constitution of the United States. I have been accussed of being slow, stupid, anti-Semitic, and having the sense of a 13 year old by people on FR. Can someone explain to me why everyone thinks the Geneva Convention trumps the Constitution.
It doesn't exactly "trump" the constitution, but rather falls into the same category as the constitution because of our founding document's inclusion of a process for signing and approving treaties. Because the conventions have been signed and approved under the constitution, they are considered to have the same weight (except when they directly contradict the constitution, in which case they should have never been ratified).
Does that help?