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To: Puppage

When did it become SCOTUS' job to interpret the Geneva Convention??????????? And the UCMJ?????


55 posted on 06/29/2006 7:20:12 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

By the Constitution, treaties are the "law of the land" and that gives the Court the power.


64 posted on 06/29/2006 7:21:09 AM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
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To: Rummyfan
When did it become SCOTUS' job to interpret the Geneva Convention??????????? And the UCMJ?????

I was wondering that myself.

85 posted on 06/29/2006 7:22:59 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Rummyfan

Treaties are the supreme law of the land and hence the Supreme Court can rule on whether we have followed the law. US Constitution.

McVey


152 posted on 06/29/2006 7:30:52 AM PDT by mcvey (Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
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To: Rummyfan

Since about 1787. See Art. III, Sec. 2.


188 posted on 06/29/2006 7:34:34 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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