In One Flaw, Questions on Validity of 46 Judges

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---------- Forwarded message ----------From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>Date: Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:57 AMSubject: In One Flaw, Questions on Validity of 46 JudgesTo: letters@nytimes.com

To the Editor: Adam Liptak asserts that "Some provisions of the Constitution are open to interpretation, but some are clear." Would that it were so! Scarcely a month ago, the U.S. Supreme court ruled that the Constitution does not mean what it says. Reasonable people may agree that the clause: "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby..." gives our foreign treaties the force of law. The U.S. Supreme court however judged in the Medellin case that our foreign treaties have the force of law only if and when Congress enacts legislation to enforce them. When an activist court is in session, everything is up for interpretation.Barry Levine1142 Brown AveLafayette, CA 94549