Blenderlaw reminds me that:
The American Society of International Law is meeting in Miami this week (the program is here and the UM announcement is here).
This serves as the kick-off to the happy part of the year in which all sorts of great things happen in Miami (and at the law school) because the weather is so good.
Lawyers with any interest in treaties and their interpretation will be fascinated by Duncan Hollis’s Opinio Juris, A Head-Spinning Self-Execution Story.
In brief the Bush administration negotiated a bilateral treaty with a preamble that said both sides understood it would be self-executing under US law.
Then, the administration told the Senate it would not be. And the Senate ratified with a proviso saying that it wasn’t self-executing.
Congress then passed implementing legislation, making the issue moot. But what an issue!
Even so, it is as Hollis says, a wild story. (Go read it, I left out a lot.)
Unfortunately the demo video is in French, but even if you don't speak French you will get the idea of the enormous potential of this device!
I'd hurry to buy one but for the fact that any substantial quantity of alcohol interacts badly with my meds.
(Thanks to KR for the link.)
Worth Reading: Stephen M. Walt, Delusion Points in Foreign Policy.
Random Pixels humbly suggests…. a new State Motto:
It's only 8:30 am here, but I confidently predict I have seen the most terrifying headline of the day: Energy Committee Chairman Candidate Says God Promised no More Catastrophic Climate Change after Noah.
Elections have consequences. They are not always good consequences.
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