The Yale Law Journal

Laura Moranchek Hussain

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Enforcing the Treaty Rights of Aliens

Laura Moranchek Hussain

117 Yale L.J. 680 (2008).

Despite the Supremacy Clause’s declaration that treaties are the “Law of the Land,” efforts to incorporate treaties that guarantee individual rights into domestic law have been stymied by a wave of political opposition. Critics argue that giving these treaties the force of…