American Arms Treaty - To be signed 9/27/12

[hifi875]

I signed. guns don't kill poeple, poeple kill poeple.

[Mkelcy]

As usual, folks are going off half-cocked.

Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1 (1957), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the Constitution supersedes international treaties ratified by the United States Senate. According to the decision, "this Court has regularly and uniformly recognized the supremacy of the Constitution over a treaty," although the case itself was with regard to an executive agreement, not a "treaty" in the U.S. legal sense, and the agreement itself has never been ruled unconstitutional.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_v._Covert

The thing I don't want to see for four more years is the unquestioning acceptance of anything folks read on the internet. I'll admit it did take all of 15 seconds and a Google search to learn that Dick Morris was full of s&*t, but then I tend to be a little skeptical of claims that seem too awful to be true.

[Spiffav8]

Originally Posted by Mkelcy

As usual, folks are going off half-cocked.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_v._Covert

The thing I don't want to see for four more years is the unquestioning acceptance of anything folks read on the internet. I'll admit it did take all of 15 seconds and a Google search to learn that Dick Morris was full of s&*t, but then I tend to be a little skeptical of claims that seem too awful to be true.

Well said Mike