That document still the supreme law of the United States became the foundation of a federal government that allowed the several states to act together as one, while protecting the sovereignty of each individual state.
And, a basic fundamental of interpretation of law (and all other law of the United States must ultimately arise from the Constitution) is that a law says what it says and does not say what it does not say.
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The policy that Mr. Verrilli has been defending before the Supreme Court is a policy -- is a bill, the Affordable Care Act, that was passed by a majority of the House, that was passed by a majority of the Senate, and was signed into law by the President of the United States.
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Such a system is the antithesis of the rule of law which the United States was founded to uphold.
And it would folly that to think to vindicate the rule of law in the United States, the Senate is obliged to reverse a national election and remove a president from office before the completion of his term.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which had the job of writing regulations to enforce the 1972 law, expanded the "waters of the United States" definition to include tributaries such as Rock Creek.
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What is certain is, if these committees fail to perform due diligence on the Law of the Sea Treaty, the United States could well soon find itself creating and confronting a United Nations on steroids.
The official called Milosevic's arrest a good example of Yugoslavia "standing up for the rule of law, " but said the United States won't hold a donor's conference to further assist the Yugoslav economy until Belgrade takes certain concrete steps to further illustrate its commitment to justice.
The liberals and much of the current opposition are pressing for a law which, like that of the United States, would set annual quotas.
As there is still substantial respect for rule of law in the United States, Quique was indicted, captured, and after some months in a U.S. jail extradited to Argentina.
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We will continue to oversee their efforts, to add to those efforts where we deem necessary, and to ensure, again, that under the law, that the taxpayers of the United States ultimately are reimbursed for those efforts.
The ruling will keep the law, the first of its kind in the United States, from being instituted until it can be argued at future court hearings.
Irony of ironies: the principal champion of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) is the United States Navy.
We are grumpy because we have learned, to our surprise and chagrin, that our trust has been misplaced and that our concept of the rule of law, from torture to trade agreements, differs radically from that of the United States.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
But why would the Russians be so keen to have the United States ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty?
The Coalition is alerting the Obama transition team and the U.S. Treasury Department that they are endangering America's taxpayers, financial institutions and legal system by this introduction of Shariah law to the United States.
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What the bill in 2006 did that became law, that was signed into law by the chief executive of the United States, and was ultimately partially struck down by the Supreme Court, the President didn't believe was properly structured.
The WMD law also applies to "any national of the United States who, without lawful authority, uses or threatens, attempts, or conspires to use a weapon of mass destruction outside of the U.S.." In March 2013, former U.S. soldier Eric Harroun was charged under this part of the statute for allegedly conspiring to use a rocket propelled grenade while fighting with an al Qaeda affiliated group in Syria.
Last July, when you signed the National Missile Defense Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-38), making it the policy of the United States to deploy an effective national missile defense system capable against limited threats as soon as the technology to do so is ready, you committed the United States in law to deploying a national missile defense system that would meet emerging threats.
This move may have been a grandmaster's feint, however, masking the real purpose: Blackmailing the United States into ratifying the defective Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST).
Soft money is the widely used term for unlimited and unregulated contributions to national political parties that were legal in the United States before passage of the law in 2002.
Supporters of the new language contend that weakening current law is needed to ensure the continued supply of medical isotopes to the United States.
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The US Department of Justice said its "law enforcement relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom has always been predicated on trust, respect, and the common goals of protecting our nations and eliminating safe havens for criminals".
The issue here is whether the president of the United States is putting himself above the law, and I believe he has done so.
Just look at what the Reagan administration said following Younis' capture: "This operation illustrates the intention and ability of the United States to invoke the rule of law in fighting terrorist lawlessness, " Attorney General Edwin Meese III declared at a news conference following the arrest.
That prospect has particular implications for the national security were the United States to become a party to the Law of the Sea Treaty.
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That's why last week, I signed into law the PAYGO bill -- says very simply that the United States of America should pay as we go and live within our means again -- just like responsible families and businesses do.
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Kono, who gave a kidney to his father, said a total of 81 organ transplants have been conducted in Japan since the transplant law was enacted in 1997, whereas nearly thousands of transplants occur in the United States each year.
Convention on the Law of the Sea was signed by 119 countries -- but not Britain or the United States.
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