To: Dog Gone
Treaties, in the words of the Constitution, are supreme. The founders did not envision treaties that affected domestic relations and they did not, unfortunately, write appropriate protections into the document.
90 posted on
12/27/2006 10:43:32 AM PST by
arthurus
(Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
To: arthurus
Treaties are NEVER supreme over the Constitution.
Continue reading the thread and this will become clear to you.
92 posted on
12/27/2006 10:53:42 AM PST by
Dog Gone
To: arthurus
Treaties, in the words of the Constitution, are supreme. The founders did not envision treaties that affected domestic relations and they did not, unfortunately, write appropriate protections into the document.This is an important addendum to my post #95.
Our Founders were indeed prescient. Unfortunately, there not omniscient.
CA....
97 posted on
12/27/2006 11:50:13 AM PST by
Chances Are
(Whew! It seems I've once again found that silly grin!)
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