Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 1. Oktober 1956 / Time Line October 1, 1956
Version 3.5September 1956, 2. Oktober 1956
10/??/1956
Internaitonal law
"This [Supreme] Court has regularly and uniformly recognized the
supremacy of the Constitution over a treaty." - Reid v. Covert,
October 1956, 354 U.S. 1, at pg 17.
This case involved the question: Does the NATO Status of Forces
Agreement (treaty) supersede the U.S. Constitution?
The Reid Court (U.S. Supreme Court) held in their Opinion that,
"... No agreement with a foreign nation can confer power on the
Congress, or any other branch of government, which is free from the
restraints of the Constitution. Article VI, the Supremacy clause of
the Constitution declares, "This Constitution and the Laws of the
United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all the
Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the
United States, shall be the supreme law of the land...'
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