"In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld the justices of the US Supreme Court have demonstrated how fundamental tenets of international law amplify American values and are deeply embedded in American law..."
For those who have not got it yet, this is the opening salvo at replacing the US Constitution by International law.
It is time for Congress to out-legislate the court. Instead of Useless Constitutional amendments *Cough* Flag Burning* Cough* We need to codify into the constitution the Supremacy of US law. Why has nobody done this?
David Scheffer:
Past Appointments: senior fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace; senior vice president, U.N. Association of the U.S.A.; senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; senior consultant, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives; international affairs fellow, Council on Foreign Relations.
Typical lefty "one world" bilge.
So the fourth of July will henceforth be a day of mourning for the loss of our independence rather than a celebration of the birth of it. And America rolls over like a submissive dog.
"The Congress shall have Power ...To define and punish ...Offences against the Law of Nations"
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.
The Third Geneva Convention is a treaty that the United States ratified, thus, is the law of the land, and not, as your author pretends, "international law". Shame on him, as a lawyer he ought to know better.
I just got the following book, but haven't had a chance to read it yet. "Disrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's Stranglehold on the Courts", by Mark W. Smith.
Is it time to drop out of the Geneva Conventions? The people that we fight never live up to it anyway. It is just another weapon to be used against us.
The enemy captures an American, and then beheads him. We capture one of their guys, and spend millions of dollars fighting over how nice we have to be to him.
This is just nuts. We just are not likely to go to war with any of the countries that have signed the convention (and that would live up to it even if they had signed it). So what is the point.
Drop out of the Geneva Conventions. So the world would complain. They are complaining all the time anyway.
Wrong. We signed the treaty; we're bound by it.
Yes indeedy. UN and the World Court, the EU meddling in American law. Enough to make you throw up.
Notice that this ruling - of an UNSIGNED Treaty (since the terrorists DIDN'T (couldn't) sign the Geneva Convention because they have no government nor any state to declare war against) - is the REQUIRED LEGAL STATUS for Hillary/Ginsburg/Gore to enforce the Kyoto Treaty WITHOUT US consent.
This lawyer is not saying what this decision actually DID. He is saying what he WANTED the decision to do. Thank God, he is dead wrong, and I hope Congress will quickly use the one door that the Court left open to straighten out this Court-created mess.
In the meantime, root for "Justices" Stevens and/or Ginsburg to resign for health reasons and be replaced by President Bush by the likes of Justices Roberts and Alito. There is NO EXCUSE for legal garbage like this case from a Court whose members are sworn to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Five of them stand in violation of their oaths of office, in this decision.
P.S. Interested in a Freeper in Congress? Keep in touch with me.
Congressman Billybob
Don't sweat it. Justice Stevens will be gone soon. This is just a glitch, soon to be corrected.
The Court right now seems to be made up of 8 activists and one switch hitter.