Comments on: July 18 roundup

By: Malcolm Smith

Malcolm Smith — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:14:46 +0000

Watch out for that Treaty Clause. We got caught the same way in Australia. Our constitution gives authority to the Federal Government in “international relations”. But our High Court ruled that, if the Federal Government signs an international treaty – particularly the anti-discrimination ones – then what would otherwise be an internal matter becomes an international one. Needless to say, this is something that never occurred to the writers of the constitution, and which they would have rigorously opposed if it had.

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:51:33 +0000

With a Department of Justice like this, who needs criminals? What they are doing to these banks is misuse of authority at the least and you could probably make a case for extortion. Then you have “Operation Gunrunner” or “Fast and Furious”, giving guns to Mexican criminals in order to justify stronger gun laws in the US, what next?

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:19:31 +0000

Did anyone ever say “direct” or are you quoting direct quoting the article? This makes a huge difference.