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Friday, November 8, 2013

U.N. Disabilities Treaty in Committee

by Conservative Action Alerts on November 8, 2013

This week, U.S. Senators officially picked up the United Nations’ Disabilities Treaty for the first time since the international agreement failed by a vote of five last December.  Now in the consideration of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it won’t be long until the Treaty faces a full Senate vote…… You see, the Senate globalists are doing everything in their power to secure enough votes to see this Treaty get ratified – they’ve have been pushing it since 2009.

“This convention sets a precedent for treaties that would actually allow an international body to define our own domestic law.” – Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)

[While] aimed at “protecting the rights of the disabled…this may nominally appear as noble effort, it’s best the United States takes no part in it.  Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) notes that “more than two dozen areas of national life including education, health, employment, accessibility, and independent living” would be affected by the U.N. Treaty…..According to Article 6, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, all treaties that receive the approval of the Senate become the “supreme law of the land.”  Thus, if a Senate supermajority gives CRPD its consent, domestic courts would be bound to make decisions based upon international law in all cases involving individuals with disabilities.

Domestic abortion policy, for example, could easily be challenged under Article 25 which requires states to:…….To Read More…..

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