Northern Colorado Gazette

John Locke says:

This is a misconception that treaties can supersede the Constitution of the United States. Treaties cannot repeal nor can a treaty supersede the Constitution. The supremacy clause of the Constitution is in regards to the individual States that had treaties with other countries before the Constitution was ratified.
Once the Constitution was ratified by the States all treaties before then, were now null and void as the Constitution was now the supreme law of the land.

Reid v. Covert, October 1956, 354 U.S has made it clear that treaties cannot supersede the Constitution, “No agreement with a foreign nation can confer power on the Congress, or any other branch of government, which is free from the restraints of the Constitution. Article VI, the Supremacy clause of the Constitution declares, “This Constitution and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all the Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land…’

“There is nothing in this language which intimates that treaties and laws enacted pursuant to them do not have to comply with the provisions of the Constitution nor is there anything in the debates which accompanied the drafting and ratification which even suggest such a result…

“It would be manifestly contrary to the objectives of those who created the Constitution, as well as those who were responsible for the Bill of Rights – let alone alien to our entire constitutional history and tradition – to construe Article VI as permitting the United States to exercise power UNDER an international agreement, without observing constitutional prohibitions. (See: Elliot’s Debates 1836 ed. – pgs 500-519).

“In effect, such construction would permit amendment of that document in a manner not sanctioned by Article V. The prohibitions of the Constitution were designed to apply to all branches of the National Government and they cannot be nullified by the Executive or by the Executive and Senate combined.”

A treaty can be nullified by a statute passed by the U.S. Congress (or by a sovereign State or States if Congress refuses to do so), when the State deems a treaty the performance of a treaty is self-destructive. The law of self-preservation overrules the law of obligation in others.

This myth needs to put to rest and hope others will spread the word.

Patriot too says:

The replies from ‘dude’ and ‘John’ represent exactly why Obama is still in office instead of prison.
John, if Obama gave a rat’s behind about following the ‘intent’ of the language of either the Constitution or a previous ruling he would not have done many of the things he has since taking over the government.
For example, his first judicial appointment was a leftist extremist named David Hamilton. Hamilton was ( surprise surprise ) a lawyer who worked with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. He was v-p of litigation for Indiana’s America Civil Liberties Union. He was rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Association. As a district judge he struck down the mention of the name Jesus Christ in the Indiana Legislature with the words, “refrain from using Christ’s name or title or any other denominational appeal.” But at the same time Hamilton ruled it permissible for the Legislature to use the word “Allah.” humm!

Hamilton was later appointed ( by Obama) to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Keep in mind as you dream that Obama will respect the Constitution and the intent of the language of our founders that this is a ruler who, in July 2011, instructed his Department of Veterans Affairs to ban any mention of Jesus Christ during burials at Houston National Cemetery. (The ban was lifted only after hundreds of demonstrators protested.)

But the occasional setback doesn’t slow his anti-Christian campaign. In September 2011, the U.S. Army was instructed to revise guidelines for Walter Reed Hospital to read: “No religious items (i.e., Bibles, reading materials…) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit.” (The hospital rescinded this policy only after Congressman Steve King, R-Iowa, reported it to the House of Representatives. )

Currently Judicial Watch is following the reactions of legislators to a letter authored by several state attorneys general outlining some 21 significant violations of federal law by Obama since 2008. His top lawyer has been found in “contempt” of the Congress of the United States. His Supreme Court appointments have openly suggested the Constitution is outdated and no longer applicable to today’s society…and if those weren’t enough; another of Obama’s federal bench appointments, Judge Michael Urbanski, suggested in court that the Ten Commandments be censored down to six commandments in order to make the posting of the commandments legal under the First Amendment.

Believe what you want about Obama and laws you hope he will follow, obey, or at least allow to be enforced. But the facts don’t change. He will continue to promote slavery to his government and his ‘religion’ and continue his assualt on Americans and their God given freedoms until his dying breath.

Hey, dude, I’ll bet you think Obamacare was about health care too!

Sanity says:

“It’s a conspiracy to overthrow the Constitution!” says the uneducated moron.

There’s no conspiracies. Just Republicans and Democrats doing the same largely-ineffective political shenanigans they’ve done for 150+ years.

“Patriot” might have written the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen on the internet. Which is really saying something…