Editorial

The President Is Going to Copenhagen

Will He Sign the Kyoto Protocol On Global Warming?

The larger question is: Will President Barack Hussein Obama sign away American sovereignty? If he does, he will be in violation of the Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution is irrevocable and Article VII, as explained by Professor of Law at George Mason University of Law, Jeremy Rabkin, having been for 27 years previous a
professor of government at Cornell University, with a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and a B.A. from Cornell, has written in Imprimis (July/August 2009, Volume 38, Number 7/8) states that the Constitution supersedes all other documents:

... Lincoln's ... understanding was that in an important sense American sovereignty rested in the Constitution. Article VII of the Constitution declares that it will go into effect when it is ratified by nine states, for those nine states.  And once ratified - once the people of those states have entered into the "more perfect Union" described in the Preamble -
the Constitution is irrevocable.

Unlike a treaty, it represents a commitment that cannot be renegotiated. Thus it describes itself unambiguously as "the Supreme Law of the Land" - even making a point of adding, "any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. "

The Constitution provides for treaties, and even specifies that treaties will be "the Supreme Law of the Land"; that is, they will be binding on the states. But from 1787 on, it has been recognized that for a treaty to be valid, it must be consistent with the Constitution - that the Constitution is a higher authority than treaties.

Furthermore, Congress cannot delegate its Constitutional power and responsibility to legislate for the American people in an international body. (Ibid.)

This also applies to the delegation of Judicial power which according to Article III, says "shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. "(Ibid.) So the Rights of American Citizens in the U.S. cannot be determined by foreign courts. This is not a power that can be delegated under the
Constitution.

Mr. President, what will happen to your legacy if you sign this treaty? The American people, the world, watched you take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States of America. You don't want to go down in history as having broken your oath.

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