04/21/2013
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"the Constitution, Federal laws, and treaties to be treated as 'the supreme Law of the Land.'"
"we have a problem only with the Avena decision, and even so we have a range of possibilities for dealing with this problem."
"This is not just a matter of fundamental principles. These limitations are plain and well described in Supreme Court case law."
"If a statute like S. 1194 can be constitutionally enacted and upheld, there would be no remaining area... in which the States would retain their autonomy."