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Old 10-21-2007, 07:45 PM
denton denton is offline
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How bad could it get?

A persistent and determined POTUS can legally use international law to trump existing US law. One of the law professor bloggers outlined exactly how it could be done.

IIRC, it amounts to finding someone who will bring a firearms suit against the US in the international court, and then having the POTUS agreeing to bind the US to their decision. The international court then finds the US in violation of treaty, and, presto! US law is overriden. Most people don't realize that a ratified treaty to which the US is party trumps US law.

That is one reason the DC gun case is so incredibly important. If I understand correctly, a treaty may trump law, but not the US Constitution. I believe a favorable ruling by SCOTUS would put a stop to that.

How bad could it get? Worse than that. Rush Limbaugh does a mean Bill Clinton impersonation. I'm visualizing him doing the same to Hillary if she wins. That's an image I could do without.
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