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To: yoe

I'm no expert in treaties, but here you go:

"Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation which would abrogate them." Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 491. Also see Marbury v. Madison, 1801.

Treaties are legislation, nothing more. The constitution may be changed only through the amendment process.

And I have yet to read a court ruling that abrogates our rights using a treaty as justification. Perhaps someone will come along and prove me wrong.

That the federal bureaucracy (executive branch) and courts are illegally amending the constitution and ignoring our rights is provable and a fact.


28 posted on 07/30/2006 5:23:01 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Nothing happens in a vacuum until I get there - the 4th Law of Physics)
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To: sergeantdave
"Treaties are legislation, nothing more. The constitution may be changed only through the amendment process."

The Senate was given the keys to the store, through treaty power. What is there, something like 1,000 treaties?

The 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 states to the contrary notwithstanding..."

Of those 1000 or so treaties, I'm sure there is one that makes it illegal to whistle in the dark in the USA and the Congo. Be afraid, be very afraid.

87 posted on 07/31/2006 7:25:04 PM PDT by Retch_Sweeney (Hey, I'm new here. Give me a freaking break.)
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