[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 446 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 446

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Supreme 
Court should base its decisions on the Constitution and the Laws of the 
    United States, and not on the law of any foreign country or any 
  international law or agreement not made under the authority of the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2003

 Mr. Ryun of Kansas (for himself, Mr. Otter, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Istook, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Wilson of 
South Carolina, Mr. Toomey, and Mr. Hostettler) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Supreme 
Court should base its decisions on the Constitution and the Laws of the 
    United States, and not on the law of any foreign country or any 
  international law or agreement not made under the authority of the 
                             United States.

Whereas article VI, clause 2 of the Constitution provides in part that the 
        ``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'';
Whereas article VI, clause 3 of the Constitution provides in part that ``The 
        Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the 
        several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, 
        both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by 
        Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution'';
Whereas the role of the Supreme Court is to interpret laws based on the 
        Constitution;
Whereas the Supreme Court has cited world opinions and laws in two recently 
        decided cases, Atkins v. Virginia and Lawrence v. Texas; and
Whereas the laws of foreign countries, and international laws and agreements not 
        made under the authority of the United States, have no legal standing 
        under the United States legal system: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Resolution may be cited as the ``Constitutional Preservation 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that, pursuant to 
article VI of the Constitution, the Supreme Court should base its 
decisions on the Constitution and the Laws of the United States, and 
not on the law of any foreign country or any international law or 
agreement not made under the authority of the United States.
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