[Peace-discuss] My Audacious Hope: President Obama Will Respect the UN Charter

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Voluntary or not, there is no provision in constitution for a treaty 
that trumps the constitution.

Robert Naiman wrote:
> The UN Charter is a treaty that the US voluntarily signed (and played
> a big role in crafting.) As a treaty that the US has signed and
> ratified, it is the law of the land. Although it is binding, it does
> not violate US sovereignty, because the US signed it voluntarily.
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:48 AM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:
>   
>> Bob,
>> I am very uncomfortable with this concept of international law because
>> it violates American sovereignty and Article I of the US Constitution.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> Robert Naiman wrote:
>>     
>>> including footage of CodePink singing in the "protest cage" and Kucinich's
>>> DNC
>>> speech, in which he invoked the notion that international law applies
>>> to the United
>>> States.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/my-audacious-hope-preside_b_121789.html
>>>
>>> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/27/121912/679
>>>
>>> --
>>> Robert Naiman
>>> Just Foreign Policy
>>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>>>
>>> Ambassador Pickering on Iran Talks and Multinational Enrichment
>>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGZFrFxVg8A
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