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Old April 4, 2010, 10:58 PM   #13
Al Norris
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Doesn't mean what you think it does, thallub.
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Chief Justice Roberts pointed out that Article 94 of the UN Charter provides only that "each member of the United Nations undertakes to comply" with World Court decisions. He maintained that "undertakes to comply" means that further action is needed, and it had never been undertaken by the U.S. Congress. In other words, a President by himself cannot make law based on some treaty.
The part I highlighted above is the key.

Congress never passed any laws to comply. If they had....
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