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To: raptor22

Treaties do not supercede the US Constituion. This will be of no effect on our KBA rights.


3 posted on 09/20/2012 6:13:35 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Not only that, but it will mean nothing if not ratified.


5 posted on 09/20/2012 6:15:13 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Treaties that are ratified by the Senate do indeed become the law of the land.

That said, the Senate isn’t going to ratify anything like this.


6 posted on 09/20/2012 6:16:01 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Unless Obama has DHS put that additional 200 million rounds of ammo to use...


7 posted on 09/20/2012 6:18:15 AM PDT by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel; SoothingDave
You're both right: here's Article Vi, paragraph 2 of the Constitution:

"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, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."

Treaties are on equal footing with the Constitution: that said, there would undoubtedly be a huge court fight were this treaty to become ratified, because there are certainly conflicts between Amendment 2 and this piece of UN crap.

As we all know, the liberals want to 'back door' their agendas via treaty... in my opinion, we need a new Constitutional amendment that provides US citizens (however THAT term might be defined now) with protection vis-a-vis language that sez "no provision of any treaty made with any foreign powers, interests, or sovereign nation shall be construed to interfere or subvert any provision of the Constitution of the United States of America."

11 posted on 09/20/2012 6:34:37 AM PDT by alancarp (Liberals are all for shared pain... until they're included in the pain group.)
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