Iain Murray
Director of Projects and Analysis and Senior Fellow in Energy, Science and Technology
Just when you think things will be o.k., at least in the long run, because of the safeguards of the U. S. Constitution, I read an disturbing speech by Iain Murray, a scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which was given at CPAC on February 28, 2009.
Murray points out that our own Constitution states, “…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,….” In other words, this provision allows our President to enter into treaties which would give effective control of our markets to some socialists governmental body in Europe or elsewhere. Murray explains what happened to Britain, over time, after joining the EU, “[t]he result is horrifying. Today, eighty percent of British Laws are actually made in Brussels.” Murray continues:
What about free trade? The fact that the EEC became the EU should answer that question for you. As a result of directive after directive, trade is probably more heavily regulated than before Britain joined. And the only reason why the horrid European Constitution was defeated in France was because it wasn’t socialist enough. So, in the way these things work, the EU is gradually integrating all the socialist elements of the Constitution into existing and forthcoming treaties, and leaving out the few good things. There is no wonder that several polls have found majorities of Britons in favor of leaving the EU.
In Charles Krauthammer’s words yesterday (February 27, 2009 at CPAC), the EU is a regulation-bound, economically sclerotic, socially stagnant, nanny state. Such are the goals of transnationalism.
Doubtless, many of you are saying, it could never happen here, our constitution protects us. Don’t be so sure. Let me read a brief section from the US Constitution itself, Article VI: “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, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.” [Read full story here]
Once again, this is the kind of critical analysis that needs to be distributed to all Americans. Take a few minutes to read Murray’s speech and then take the extra step to pass it along.
