To: skully
Where in the Constitution does it say that??
Article VI.
This line puts treaties on par with The Constitution itself. And newer laws supercede older laws. That said, they won't get any 67 votes. Hec, they probably wouldn't get Bernie Sanders' vote.
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.
76 posted on
07/05/2012 6:43:43 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Dr. Sivana
This line puts treaties on par with The Constitution itself. And newer laws supercede older laws. It does no such thing. See Post #60 above.
82 posted on
07/05/2012 6:51:54 AM PDT by
PhatHead
To: Dr. Sivana
I don't see anything in article VI that grants anything supremacy to the Constitution.
“...Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land;any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”
I read this as saying any treaty contrary to the Constitution is not the supreme law of the land.
See post #60 for language from a SCOTUS case in the 1950’s that concurred the supremacy of the Constitution.
105 posted on
07/05/2012 7:09:18 AM PDT by
skully
(06/28/2012 : The banner no longer yet waves....Gadsden DTOM)
To: Dr. Sivana
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 "the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding" part means that the treaty is senior to STATE constitutions and laws. It does not make the treaty senior to the FEDERAL constitution or laws.
114 posted on
07/05/2012 7:16:37 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
To: Dr. Sivana
It''s still Supersede.
174 posted on
07/05/2012 8:47:05 AM PDT by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson)
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