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Originally posted by fastpat
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, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Not only did the UN fail to enforce the 16 resolutions violated by Saddam Hussein, but they were complicit in the criminal enterprise that was the "oil for food" scandal. We, certainly, are not obligated to adhere to a treaty when that partner entity was acting criminally or less importantly, impotently.
The Framers, as you are probably unaware, were envisioning treaties amongst states, not foreign treaties. They surely and quite obviously were not offering authority to foreign powers, although that part of the Constitution has been misinterpreted to read such.
"A treaty cannot be made which alters the Constitution of the country, or which infringes any express exceptions to the power of the Constitution..." -- Alexander Hamilton
"I do not conceive that power is given to the President and the Senate to dismember the empire, or to alienate any great, essential right. I do not think the whole legislative authority to have this power." -- James Madison
"I say the same as to the opinion of those who consider the grant of the treaty-making power as boundless. If it is, then we have no Constitution." -- Thomas Jefferson