Senator Boxer Asks State Department to Expedite the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child

Christian Newswire ^ | February 6, 2009

[Sopater]

After Ambassador Susan Rice's inability to make an "iron-clad commitment" for immediate ratification, Boxer will ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for U.S. support of the UNCRC

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which opponents say could destroy American sovereignty by imposing international rulings on American law, could reach the Senate within 60 days. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) says she wants a 60-day timeframe for the State Department to complete its review so the Senate can move toward ratification of the UNCRC. During the Senate Confirmation hearing between Boxer and UN Ambassador-designate Susan Rice held on January 15, 2009, Boxer told Rice the UNCRC would protect "the most vulnerable people of society."

Opponents vehemently disagree. Under the Supremacy Clause (Article VI) of the U.S. Constitution, ratified treaties preempt state law. Since virtually all laws in the U.S. regarding children are state laws, this treaty would negate nearly 100% of existing American family law. Moreover, it would grant the government authority to override parental decisions by applying even to good parents a standard now only used against those convicted of abuse or neglect.

In the hearing, Rice promised to review the treaty but noted "challenges of domestic implementation." Rice also resisted a strict timeframe: "I don't have a sense of how long it will take us, in light of the many different things on our plate," she said.

Calling it a "complicated treaty," Rice expressed her commitment to the treaty's objectives, but when Rice concluded that she could not meet the Senator's strict timeframe, Boxer said they would take it up with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

If you would like more information about this topic, or would like to schedule an interview with ParentalRights.org President Michael Farris, please call Jim Bentley at (540) 751-1245.

[P8riot]

I’ll take some of them with me if it comes to this.

[artichokegrower]

Maybe Barbara Boxer should clean up her own backyard first:

Boxer Aide Arrested for Child Pornography
Jonathan Turley
November 15, 2008

Jeffrey P. Rosato, a senior aide to Boxer and a senior policy adviser on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, was fired after his arrest for the distribution and receipt of child pornography. He is only the latest of government staffers to become entangled in such investigations.

Rosato was arrested last Friday and charged with one count each of receipt and distribution of child pornography. According to an FBI affidavit, an unnamed person “distributed more than 600 files containing graphic images and movies of child pornography to an undercover detective that [Rosato] believed was a 13-year-old boy.” He allegedly had over 15 online chats over a three-week period in January.

This follows the arrest and firing of a James Michael McHaney, an aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.). McHaney, 28, was sentenced to three years in prison on a federal charge of possession of child pornography.

[artichokegrower]

Maybe Senator Boxer should clean up her own backyard before concerning herself with the children of the world. I think her senior aide being arrested for possession of child porn might be a more immediate concern:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111303973_pf.html

[pandoraou812]

Yes, it surely would be. I don’t like her either but I HATE that UN.

[LiteKeeper]

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