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In the discussion thread: India to take US visas complaint to WTO [View all]

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 08:42 AM

Daniel537 (1,022 posts)

23. Reid v. Covert

Read up.

"Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1 (1957), is a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution supersedes international treaties ratified by the United States Senate."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_v._Covert
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0354_0001_ZO.html

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45 replies	Author	Time	Post
India to take US visas complaint to WTO [View all]	alp227	Apr 2012	OP
boo hoo	LiberalEsto	Apr 2012	#1
Oh naive India. Who do they think controls the WTO? nt	Javaman	Apr 2012	#2
corporations that want the cheap labor	TheFarseer	Apr 2012	#38
U.S. corporations. nt	Javaman	Apr 2012	#39
That link goes to Wayback Machine. Please fix the link or delete this post.	leveymg	Apr 2012	#3
Here's a better link	leveymg	Apr 2012	#4
Ta for that	dipsydoodle	Apr 2012	#8
Fixed.	alp227	Apr 2012	#14
Thanks	leveymg	Apr 2012	#18
Hmm, maybe i'm complety off base on this one	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#5
your president and congress are selling out your sovereignty rights all over the place. What	msongs	Apr 2012	#9
All international agreements are bad or just trade agreements?	pampango	Apr 2012	#12
Why shouldn't we retain the right to do what we want?	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#21
Perhaps we should, but FDR believed that international organizations like the WTO (GATT), the UN	pampango	Apr 2012	#24
WTO very different from the GATT; ditto for the UN.	OrwellwasRight	Apr 2012	#26
I did not say that "only Tea Parties have problems with today's globalized trading regime".	pampango	Apr 2012	#27
FDR was dead by the time the GATT came into existence (1947)	OrwellwasRight	Apr 2012	#40
Of course, we will never know whether FDR would have supported the actual GATT or WTO, we only know	pampango	Apr 2012	#45
You are completely off base. You don't understand the nature of the WTO or other treaties	saras	Apr 2012	#10
I don't believe that free trade requires one country to give visas to the citizens of another	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#11
Must not block access to service providers under WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)	leveymg	Apr 2012	#19
Then we should leave that agreement.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#33
The US created GATS, and it's still US-based corps that benefit from it.	leveymg	Apr 2012	#35
Those agreements were foisted on us by the Ford, Rockefeller, etc.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#36
Major restructuring needed. But, trade policy has a consensus of both Parties, the banks, MSM,	leveymg	Apr 2012	#37
i never see any 'dolphin safe' stickers...	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#16
No treaty supersedes US law.	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#20
You clearly haven't read the US Constitution. Treaties are "the supreme law of the land"	leveymg	Apr 2012	#22
Reid v. Covert	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#23
Only in such cases as a clearly established conflict exists.	leveymg	Apr 2012	#25
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 says nothing about treaties being "the supreme law of the land"	Angleae	Apr 2012	#34
A) it certainly does	OrwellwasRight	Apr 2012	#41
where can I complain about their shoddy work?	Skittles	Apr 2012	#6
WTF!?	Phlem	Apr 2012	#7
India can go fuck off all I care, quit taking our jobs!!!	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#13
AHHHH, that's too bad	magic59	Apr 2012	#15
Folks just a reminder that we have many wonderful Indian Americans who post here at DU	LynneSin	Apr 2012	#17
Meanwhile...."India's strict visa regulations hamper entry of skilled foreigners"	OhioChick	Apr 2012	#28
Yup. They want it both ways. Just like with foreign aid.	closeupready	Apr 2012	#29
India is a net donor country in all multilateral bodies now.	cosmicone	Apr 2012	#31
They should put sanctions on the US	ChromeFoundry	Apr 2012	#30
It is not a one way street.	cosmicone	Apr 2012	#32
This isn't about India.	OrwellwasRight	Apr 2012	#42
I agree, but ....	cosmicone	Apr 2012	#43
I guess I think better not to validate them.	OrwellwasRight	Apr 2012	#44

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