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A treaty which stipulates for the payment of money undertakes to do that which the treaty-making power cannot do; therefore the treaty is not the supreme law of the land.
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Blaine argues that treaties involving financial obligations require Congressional action to be effective, challenging the notion of treaties as supreme law.
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