Dr. Paul & Mr. Bricker: The Case of the Lost Amendment

Dr. Paul & Mr. Bricker: The Case of the Lost Amendment

Presidential candidate Ron Paul, a Republican Congressman and physician from Texas, is the leading proponent today of the legislation known as the Bricker Amendment for its original sponsor.  The Libertarian Party (www.lp.org) has long advocated its enactment.  Dr. Paul was the Libertarian Party’s 1988 presidential candidate. 

Senate Joint Resolution 130, the "Bricker Amendment" to the Constitution was introduced in Febuary 1952 by the late US Senator John W. Bricker (Republican-Ohio)

Section 1. A provision of a treaty which conflicts with this Constitution shall not be of any force or effect.
Section 2. A treaty shall become effective as internal law in the United States only through legislation which would be valid in the absence of treaty.
Section 3. Congress shall have power to regulate all executive and other agreements with any foreign power or international organization. All such agreements shall be subject to the limitations imposed on treaties by this article.
Section 4. The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation

Unfortunately, this legislation failed to be enacted due largely to the opposition of President Eisenhower, his Vice-President Nixon and the liberal establishment.

This legislation is still needed as the United Nations continues to endanger not just the liberties of Americans but all individuals in the world. We must defend individual liberty and American independence enshrined in the US Constitution from the parasites on the Potomac and the Hudson Rivers in Washington and New York City.

Tell your Senators and Representative that you support the Bricker Amendment.  Ask how candidates for President, US Senator and Representative how they stand  . Better late than never for the Bricker Amendment, but enact it before it is too late.

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(Richard Cooper is an export/import manager for a manufacturing firm on Long Island.  A registered Republican since his 18th birthday, he is the former chair of the Libertarian Party of New York www.ny.lp.org and an activist against eminent domain.  He blogs at www.mythsmasher.blogspot.com infrequently).