Jun 5, 2016 ... And yes, if we are going to make a difference, then count on me to step up. But  skeptical of our military interventions, like I say, we've got treaties with apparently  69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders? And these were  treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress.
105-4 - U.S.-MEXICO TREATY ON MARITIME BOUNDARIES - A written  committee report accompanying a matter of executive business (treaty or  nomination) reported by a Senate ... That gave Mexico a claim to a larger portion  of the Gulf of Mexico than would have been the case if the islands were not used  as basepoints.
In short, there were no statements in the Constitutional Convention or the state  ratifying conventions asserting that the states would have the power to nullify  federal laws. On the other hand, the records of these conventions support the  idea that the power to declare federal laws unconstitutional lies in the federal  courts.
Commentary. (1) In accordance with article 2, one of the essential conditions for  the international responsibility of a State is that the conduct in question is  attributable to the State under international law Chapter II defines the  circumstances in which such attribution is justi- fied, i e  when conduct consisting  of an act or ...
Torture in all forms is banned by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights  (UDHR), which the United States participated in drafting. The United States is a  party to the following conventions (international treaties) that prohibits torture,  such as the 1949 Geneva Conventions (signed 1949; ratified 1955), the  American ...
Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress."