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To: Red Steel

Don’t know. I don’t have time to research treaties made in the 1800s with foreign countries - but a treaty made by a President and ratified by the Senate cannot overrule the Constitution, since power flows from the states to the federal government via the Constitution. Ever hear of states’ rights?


2,550 posted on 10/25/2010 11:19:38 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (When an ass brays, don't reply)
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To: Mr Rogers

Like all laws they have to be challenged in court. Bad laws, and in this case a “bad” treaty, are still the law unless overturned by a court, unless the Executive Branch, the President, or the foreign country that is party to it withdrawals from the treaty. And as of 1898, the Chinese immigration treaty of 1881 was still in effect. It was not overturned by no court, or none of the parties withdrew from it; so it was still the Law of the Land.


2,554 posted on 10/25/2010 11:36:52 PM PDT by Red Steel
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