Supreme Court Swipes Down International Law

As the WSJ (subsription may be required) points out this morning, the Supreme Court decided in Medillin v. Texas, 6-3 that international treaties cannot supercede state laws or the Constitution. Thus, the International Court of Justice at the Hague (or any other UN treaty) is not enforceable if it requires new state legal duties.

Of course, Justices Breyer, Ginsberg and Souter still prefer the UN to trump the US Constitution...