Yeah, but the problem with treaties is that, constitutionally, they take precedent over legislative and regulatory acts. So if the U.S. is a party to the CITES treaty, it doesn't matter one hill of beans what DQA says.
It hurts - but that's the reason why it's always a big deal when there's some touchy-feely, good-for-the-third-world-and-China-but-not-the-U.S. treaty that a bunch of kids in Seattle are protesting about because the U.S. hasn't signed it yet.
“Yeah, but the problem with treaties is that, constitutionally, they take precedent over legislative and regulatory acts. “
No, that’s not correct. The DQA legislation is based on the United States Constitution, and no treaty can trump the Contstitution.
Yeh, it’s complex, but we need to understand that no UN treaty law can usurp our constitution. There’s a whole bunch of wrong opinions out there telling us that treaties trump the Constitution. It’s false. It’s left-wing garbage.
The US Constitution, which the DQA is based on, cannot be trumped by a UN treaty or CITES.
Cheers.