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Cord Byrd: “No, treaties don't override the Constitution of the United States. Under the Constitution, treaties are a part of the…”

On the recordApril 28, 1998
No, treaties don't override the Constitution of the United States. Under the Constitution, treaties are a part of the law of the land, the supreme law of the land. They don't override the Constitution of the United States.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing the relationship between treaties and the U.S. Constitution.

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