When a Treaty directly conflicts with the US Constitution, the Supreme Court has held that the Constitution wins.
This is, btw, contrary to international law and is the cause of some concern because under international law a country need not actually be a signatory of a treaty to be bound by it.
But then, international law is a bunch of hooey and until the majority of voting members of the UN General Assembly are free democracies I have no problem with the US selectively ignoring it.
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When a Treaty directly conflicts with the US Constitution, the Supreme Court has held that the Constitution wins. This is, btw, contrary to international law and is the cause of some concern because under international law a country need not actually be a signatory of a treaty to be bound by it. But then, international law is a bunch of hooey and until the majority of voting members of the UN General Assembly are free democracies I have no problem with the US selectively ignoring it.