[Slings and Arrows]

This isn't humor - it's prophecy.

[Hardastarboard]

I just noticed tonight that there is an international copyright warning on the movies I watch. Does that mean that I am subject to criminal sanctions in France if I copy a movie? They'll have to come and get me if that's the case. It still gave me a bit of a chill to think that there might be international sanctions for such a thing (for the record, I don't copy movies or bootleg music - I just object to the "principle" of international law).

[Slings and Arrows]

Like I said before, this isn't humor - it's prophecy.
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[smoothsailing]

Well, there goes the coalition of the willing,defying the U.N. is one thing,but Judge Bong....

[rmlew]

ACtually, this would occur in the Supreme Court. If the President and/or Congress ignored a Treaty, then a foreign citizen could sue claiming breach of Article VI, Section 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;

Authority to sue would come from Article III, sections 1 and 2.
It has been commonly assumed that the 11th Amendment, however the 11th Amendment speaks only to lawsuits against one state, not the United States.

The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I've heard that Monty Python is getting together for another movie. How can they parody today's events?

On the bright side, at least we'd avoid a "constitutional crisis" if the other two branches of government remain too afraid to dispute any small claims court judge in Tinytown, USA.

[McClintock]

Make that "Judge Greer," and it would no longer be fiction, nor humor.

[ColdWarNavyVet_dirsup]

can anyone get this article to the prez and his gov bro that don't want to anything to upset an obviously whacked out court?

[McGarrett]

We've also seen it in Montana this month, when the Billings judge ruled that the USDA could not reopen the border to Canadian cattle. Even though the chances of a person in the U.S. or Canada catching 'mad cow' disease from eating beef is infinitesimal, that's not even the point.

Basically, we've had a judge overrule an executive department on trade policy. If he can do it on trade policy, it seems a very small step to the point where he or another can determine foriegn relations as well.