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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Kenny you are right, a treaty cannot supersede the Constitution.
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My premises was made on Article VI. Section 2 which says, “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…”
If I’m interpreting it wrong, then my apologies. I don’t want to give out false information.
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Originally Posted by Kenny Cole
Unless the Supreme Court has overruled Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1 (1957), I'm pretty doubtful that treaties supersede the Constitution.
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Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg and Breyer have both said that international law should take precedence over US law.