The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case in that 51 foreign nationals may be released from death row because at the time of their arrest they did not ask to speak to their home countries' Consulate.
One that may be released is Jose Medellin, who was convicted and sentenced to death for raping and murdering two 14-year-old girls in Houston, TX, in 1993.
The Vienna Convention of 1963 states "if he so requests, the competent authorities of the receiving State shall, without delay, inform theconsular post of the sending State if, within its consular district, a national of that State is arrested orcommitted to prison or to custody pending trial or is detained in any other manner."
But should this treaty have more power than the Constitution?
I strongly feel that the US Constitution should have more power especially if that person is in the US...Even if the individual is not an official US citizen, I believe that the injuring of US citizens like the crime of Jose Medellin, should not be tolerated...
Despite the various laws that are amongst us, they should all provide the protection of all People!!
I also feel that there should be a slight revision to the constitution and have the laws be more strictly enforced. Only then will people stop with the rapes and murders and other unnecessary harm. Life is stressful enough without the convicts and FRIGGIN (how i say f--ers) perverted buttheads!
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Chance91 wrote:
But should this treaty have more power than the Constitution?
Article 6 of the Constitution states:
Quote:and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land;