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   From: drp@drproctor.com   
      
   On 17 Feb 2005 16:17:55 -0800, pxhxz@cadence.com (Pete nospam Zakel)   
   wrote:   
      
   >Personally, I'd like to see a Constitutional Amendment specifying that treaty   
   >agreements cannot supersede express provisions of the US Constitution.  But   
   >there may be court rulings already that apply -- I don't know.   
      
         The constitution is deliberately ambiguous on whether treaties   
   have equal status with the constitution.   Allegedly the reason is   
   that the founders were afraid that the US might lose a war and have to   
   submit to treaty provisions that were technically-unconstitutional.   
   The ambiguity provides an out to make such provisions legal.  However,   
   To date,  the courts have pretty much ruled that a treaty cannot   
   violate consitutional protections.   
      
   Dr P   
      
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