Time: Thu Aug 21 04:48:31 1997 by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA20559; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 19:57:29 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 19:56:04 -0700 To: liberty-and-justice@pobox.com From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Universal Declaration of Human Rights References: <9707208721.AA872121750@ccgate.atmel.com> The power of these treaties is found in the explicit reservations which Congress attached to them. Because we have 51 governments here, not one, Congress expressly reserved to the "localities" legal standing to compel U.S. obedience to these treaties, in the event that the U.S. should fail to perform its obligations under same. This means we can sue the federal government in our county courts, and use the Supremacy Clause to establish original jurisdiction -- IN THE COUNTY COURTS!! The paramount purposes of these treaties was to reinforce the local constitutions of the states party to the treaties; in other words, the treaties are designed to bolster fundamental Rights. The freedom movement needs to take a much closer look at these reservations, because they are tailor-made to exploit the Tenth Amendment all across this nation, and to enforce the treaties in our own backyards, not in Bosnia, Chile, or Saipan. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com copy: Supreme Law School At 07:26 PM 8/20/97 -0500, you wrote: >Under this assumption, is it even possible for a treaty to >have any power in the US? Of course, a global gun control >measure wouldn't have any power here (constitutionally), >however, wouldn't most if not all other measures be voided >under the 10th Amendment... > >Brandon > > >At 04:59 PM 8/20/97 PST, you wrote: >> >>Agreed. As long as a treaty doesn't violate the Constitution (like the >>Chemical Weapons ban, or GATT, or NATO, or stuff like that) >>it is the supreme law of the land.. >> >>Treaties are valid if negotiated by the President and ratified by >>2/3 of the Senate. The House has no say.. >> >>cordially, >> >>Dan Terry > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >Unsub info - send e-mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com, with >"unsubscribe liberty-and-justice" in the body (not the subject) >Liberty-and-Justice list-owner is Mike Goldman <whig@pobox.com> > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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