Mike Farris:
International law is becoming a pervasive influence in the United States. And a major concern, for our constituency, is the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. How would you guard Americans’ rights in the face of this international legal threat?

Congressman Tancredo:
It may be that the only way to handle it is a constitutional amendment here for parental rights. And this is again, based upon this peculiar notion that foreign law, that international laws and treaties to which we are not signatories somehow are still held to be binding by courts. It’s just amazing to me. But I suppose it may be that that’s the next place to look for some sort of defense mechanism, is a constitutional amendment. Because, of course, you got two ways to start a constitutional amendment: one is through the Congress, one is through the state. When you go through the states, there’s always this worry about whether or not it will be a runaway convention. So it would be better to be able to pass it through the Congress of the United States than it would be to do it developing out of the states.

Mike:
Congressman Tancredo, thank you for joining us and sharing your views on these critical issues. I’m Mike Farris.