[NYer]

The first document was worded in such a way as to allow the interpretation that it confers “reproductive rights” — code for abortion — on people with disabilities. The second document was worded in such a way as to allow the possible interpretation that ministers who refuse to perform ceremonies for so-called homosexual “marriage” are guilty of criminal acts of discrimination.

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And remember, boys and girls, Article VI of the US Constitution reads, in part:

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

Thus treaties give a super-majority in the Senate a way of bypassing the limits on Federal authority in the Constitution.