Internal Threats to US Sovereignty??
There appear to be two initiatives in progress that have the potential to have significant negative impacts on the primacy of US sovereignty.The first, and possibly more serious threat, appears to be judicial activism by members of the US Supreme court that would usurpt the legislative authority of Congress and at the same time place the intentions of the Founding Fathers and Consitution in a secondary role in determining US law. What would be the primary consideration you ask? The consensus of the judicial and legislative/executive precedents of the rest of the world.
You might think this is impossible, however a televised discussion yesterday between Justice Scalia and Justice Brenner revieled that at least one Supreme Court Justice (Brenner) feels that this should be to goal and working practice of the Supreme Court. While Justice Scalia does a good job of exposing the 'fuzzy' thinking behind this premise, it is just a discussion. Therefore, one must assume that this intention informs a large part of Justice Brenner's decision making process and probably that of other Justices in this and lower courts. Powerline has an excellent comment and feedback on this topic.
Another avenue of 'attack' is the LOST treaty (Law of the Sea Treaty). This treaty has the potential to subordinate US control and maritime interests to those of a collegial body of a mostly anti-American nature known as the International Seabed Authority. Ronald Reagan refused to sign this treaty because of this percieved threat. Yet it is again being brought forwared by Senator Richard Lugar. Read more about this on the Accuracy In Media site.
And don't forget to write you senators!!
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