John Kerry: “it is important in this kind of debate as we make a judgment with the Senators that we base our judgment on facts and on…”

“it is important in this kind of debate as we make a judgment with the Senators that we base our judgment on facts and on the reality. The Senator has suggested he is opposed to this treaty because an outside group could impose its will on the United States of America. What he has just acknowledged is they can't do that because it would require the advice and consent of the Senate. But, secondly, is the Senator aware that Senator Risch asked the Justice Department whether the Court interpreted the effect of a nonself-executing declaration--which is in this treaty? And the response is, the Court said: The United States ratified the international covenant on civil and political rights on the express understanding that it was not self-executing. And so it did not create obligations enforceable in the Federal courts. So the Supreme Court of the United States has held that the very standard being applied in this treaty, that it is not self-executing, means nobody has access to any court. There is no enforceable right against anybody in America created in this treaty.”