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To: GST who wrote (110867)	8/14/2003 3:16:35 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Yes Derek, there is such a thing as international law. The United States Congress is not the arbiter of international law. Congress has no authority outside the United States. Yes, the United States Congress IS the arbiter of international law, because the United States Congress can authorize withdrawal from any treaty that obligates us. In other words, the US Congress can negate international law at its will. After the US withdraws from a treaty, it no longer applies to the US. You keep mentioning that the US Congress has no authority outside the US, which is obvious, and irrelevant. No other country has authority in the US, either. There is NO law which supercedes national law, for that matter. That just proves my point. International law is CONSENSUAL not COERCIVE. Your conception of international law is, again, a fantasy. Derek