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Ted Cruz craps himself on Twitter (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
The decision was about honoring a treaty dlk Jul 2020 #1
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lighten up Rafael dweller Jul 2020 #2
Give Texas back to Mexico BlueIdaho Jul 2020 #7
MOVE THAT WALL !1! dweller Jul 2020 #10
I'd rather Texas give Rafael Cruz back to his native Canada. n/t area51 Jul 2020 #19
RCMP would seal the border, politely of course liberaltrucker Jul 2020 #30
Aren't treaties the highest law in the country? safeinOhio Jul 2020 #3
Yes. elleng Jul 2020 #12
Treaties are supposed to have the same force of law as the Constitution... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #13
Pacta sunt servanda. WheelWalker Jul 2020 #21
Hee hee Nevilledog Jul 2020 #4
Just like their bible, the repukes haven't read the constitution either. SledDriver Jul 2020 #14
Yes they can have Trump tower Trumpocalypse Jul 2020 #5
Lol Faux pas Jul 2020 #6
Its a face that wants to be punched. 3Hotdogs Jul 2020 #23
get in line. AZ8theist Jul 2020 #25
Be glad to... liberaltrucker Jul 2020 #31
LOL! My second favorite comedy... AZ8theist Jul 2020 #36
For sure! Faux pas Jul 2020 #35
I thought he got caught watching porn on Twitter for a second. Sept 2017 irisblue Jul 2020 #8
LOL, I'd forgotten about that little 'fuck up' of his! MLAA Jul 2020 #15
I had just gotten a Twitter acct irisblue Jul 2020 #16
I'm surprised it hasn't happened to pious pence yet 😬 MLAA Jul 2020 #17
Is there such a thing as nun porn? Nevilledog Jul 2020 #27
Thank goodness I had just finished my ginger ale or it would have been everywhere! Hilarious. MLAA Jul 2020 #28
Omg that article! renate Jul 2020 #18
Yeh, darn treaties. elleng Jul 2020 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2020 #20
is he that brown stain the leaked out of Canada? nt yaesu Jul 2020 #22
Decision says that OK could relinquish the ambiguously defined and no longer grantcart Jul 2020 #24
the law applies to the good and the bad equally dsc Jul 2020 #29
There have been some great histories written locks Jul 2020 #26
Did Russia get something ? JI7 Jul 2020 #32
Yes! Another intelligence briefing Kaiserguy Jul 2020 #33
The Supreme Court did no such thing. Renew Deal Jul 2020 #34

elleng

(130,895 posts)
12. Yes.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:44 PM
Jul 2020

The Treaty Clause is part of Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution that empowers the President of the United States to propose and chiefly negotiate agreements between the United States and other countries, which, upon receiving the advice and consent of a two-thirds supermajority vote of the United States Senate, become binding with the force of federal law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Clause

Wounded Bear

(58,653 posts)
13. Treaties are supposed to have the same force of law as the Constitution...
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:45 PM
Jul 2020

That does, however apply to those treaties with foreign nations approved by the Senate. Not sure if tribal treaties have that same force. White folks have routinely ignored them for going on 200 years, though, so the track record is not good.

Faux pas

(14,675 posts)
6. Lol
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:24 PM
Jul 2020

he craps himself every time he says something or writes something. Thanks for not showing teddy boi's gag inducing face.

MLAA

(17,288 posts)
28. Thank goodness I had just finished my ginger ale or it would have been everywhere! Hilarious.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 11:51 PM
Jul 2020

Nun porn made me laugh out loud! And while I couldn’t say for sure, I bet there is such a thing!

elleng

(130,895 posts)
11. Yeh, darn treaties.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:43 PM
Jul 2020

The Treaty Clause is part of Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution that empowers the President of the United States to propose and chiefly negotiate agreements between the United States and other countries, which, upon receiving the advice and consent of a two-thirds supermajority vote of the United States Senate, become binding with the force of federal law.

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
24. Decision says that OK could relinquish the ambiguously defined and no longer
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 11:39 PM
Jul 2020

Used "reservation" but Congress would have to pass an actual law to do so.

Decision not only "takes" land from OK but also 4 other tribes.

Congress will pass the necessary legislation, land borders will be reinstated, but Gorsuch's point is that these situations only happen because guys like Cruz aren't doing their job

If you missed the details of the case the point of the case it was to overturn the convictions of a serial rapist who was so egregious that he got more than 1000 years sentence. The appeal was not based on that he didn't do it but jurisdictionally it was the wrong court. Will be retried by a Federal Court.

dsc

(52,161 posts)
29. the law applies to the good and the bad equally
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 11:55 PM
Jul 2020

Yes, he was a slime bucket but so were many of the defendants who went to SCOTUS and expanded rights.

locks

(2,012 posts)
26. There have been some great histories written
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 11:47 PM
Jul 2020

of the Betrayal of the Five Civilized Tribes. I knew Angie Debo in Oklahoma when she wrote "And Still the Waters Run" in 1940, the story of the independent Indian republics of the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks and Seminoles. In spite of solemn treaties that were to endure "as long as the waters run" the Indians saw their patrimony dissipated, their tribal identity submerged in the general citizenship, and their ancient culture destroyed. How marvelous that the Supreme Court, though it took them a while, finally ruled that half of Oklahoma is Native American land. Wonder where all those Tulsans will go; I hope it's not Colorado.

Kaiserguy

(740 posts)
33. Yes! Another intelligence briefing
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:04 AM
Jul 2020

from our traitor president but then that is probably a everyday occurrence.

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