Justice Department attorneys are advancing an argument at the Supreme Court that could allow the government to invoke international treaties as a legal basis for policies such as gun control that conflict with the U.S. Constitution, according to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Their argument is that a law implementing an international treaty signed by the U.S. allows the federal government to prosecute a criminal case that would normally be handled by state or local authorities.
That is a dangerous argument, according to Cruz.
“The Constitution created a limited federal government with only specific enumerated powers,” Cruz told the Washington Examiner prior to giving a speech on the issue today at the Heritage Foundation.
Read more at http://minutemennews.com/2013/10/doj-argues-international-treaty-can-trump-constitution/#bXJjjd5aRgOlGpRR.99
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“IF” you can find that video of Rand Paul+Reid…I really would like to see it. I keep a file on Rand Paul. Well, I keep files on him, Newt Gingrich, Palin, Bachman, the Clintons, etc.
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sorry about the video, click on it and it will go to youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PByJ7j7XST4
Published on Oct 3, 2013
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) were caught on a hot mic Wednesday night while discussing their party’s messaging on the government shutdown.
Paul ran into McConnell, who was wired for an interview, in front of a camera after wrapping his own interview with CNN, according to Western Kentucky news station WPSD.
“I just did CNN and I just go over and over again ‘We’re willing to compromise, we’re willing to negotiate.’ I think — I don’t think they poll tested ‘we won’t negotiate.’ I think it’s awful for them to say that over and over again,” Paul said of the Obama administration’s stance on the shutdown.
“Yeah, I do too, and I just came back from that two hour meeting with them, and that was basically the same view privately as it was publicly,” McConnell said.
President Barack Obama met with congressional leaders Wednesday night to discuss opening the federal government and raising the debt ceiling, but the meeting brought the two sides no closer to ending the budget impasse.
In the video recording, Paul was confident that the GOP’s pivot from demanding Obamacare be defunded to seeking out compromise would succeed.
“I think if we keep saying ‘We wanted to defund it. We fought for that but now we’re willing to compromise on this,’ I think they can’t — we’re gonna, I think — well I know we don’t want to be here, but we’re gonna win this I think,” he said.
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Since everyone in D.C. is complicit due to lack of action, this IS a legal remedy.
18 USC § 2382 – MISPRISION OF TREASON
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Current through Pub. L. 112-90. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
It can be filed through two entities:
The Provost Marshall, and read below:
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2382
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Exactly!
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Looks like it is time for another 13 hr filibuster by Rand Paul.
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Rand has made me ill by seacretly conspiring with Harry Reid, was caught on video…grrrr – can’t trust any of them!
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Awww, man! That hurts! That really hurts!
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Yes…Yes it does. Had great expectations for him until that…somethings are just not forgivable…
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What was he “conspiring about”?
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it was during the shut down, near the end, somewhere there is a video. I think I posted the link on here but I know I did on facebook
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I do NOT go on Face Book. I’ll explain later. You’ll understand.
shhhh, I am not 16 anymore…I have to go to bed.
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I have had a Face Book twice. The first time was when he was in office the first time. I posted articles about his BC, etc. I was “banned.”
One of the blogs (I think?) Western Journalism, you had to have a Face Book Account, so I got another one. I used one of my Yahoo Addresses. I got VERY freaked when I received an “invitation to ME from ME in my gmail account. OBVIOUSLY, I did NOT send an invitation to me from me.
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The DoJ is Treasonous then. We are a sovereign nation. Remember that little skirmish in 1776?
Sounds like more treason to me? I am sick and tired of hearing about “Impeachment.”
Everything that is happening in our country is TREASON against the people of our Nation; and our own Government.
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it is treason but not one person will bring the charges to the floor….
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“Can’t” and “Won’t” are two different different things.
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WON’T!!!
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