Supremacy Clause

Is the Treaty Supremacy Rule Really Dead?

In Medellín v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a non-self-executing treaty does not supersede conflicting state law, or perhaps that courts cannot enforce non-self-executing treaties to override conflicting state laws. After Medellín, one would have expected state courts in treaty supremacy cases to begin their analyses by determining whether a treaty is self-executing….

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Vanderbilt Law School
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UC Davis School of Law
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Cornell Law School
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University of North Carolina School of Law
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NYU School of Law
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Vanderbilt Law School
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Georgetown University Law Center
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The Human Trafficking Legal Center
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The Human Trafficking Legal Center
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Emory University School of Law
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Emory University School of Law
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New York University School of Law
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University of Virginia School of Law
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NYU School of Law
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