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In reply to the discussion: The TPP, if Passed, Spells the End of Popular Sovereignty for The United States [View all]wysi
(1,512 posts)52. A while back we had a discussion regarding this with a law professor...
... in the context of discussing local and national regulations concerning substance use (with specific reference to plain packaging tobacco laws, over which Australia is being sued in one of these courts). She pointed out that these international courts are secret and their rulings are binding, according to treaty. If the tobacco companies win they will extract a large payout from the Australian Government and the plain packaging laws will be suspended.
One implication of all this is that local laws and regulations aimed at improving public health will be made null and void, and that the power of these courts can extend all the way to local governmental bodies (cities and towns).
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The TPP, if Passed, Spells the End of Popular Sovereignty for The United States [View all]
BelgianMadCow
Nov 2013
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and how many labor/environmental groups have been included in the negotiations? nt
antigop
Nov 2013
#41
Her site has the same attacks on Common Core education as the far-right sites do.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#63
Quite a bit of hyperbole here to be sure.....but nothing to sneeze at, either.
AverageJoe90
Nov 2013
#19
HYPERBOLE MY ASS, FIND OUT JUST HOW TERRIBLE THIS TPP IS, WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S IN
drynberg
Nov 2013
#24
I agree with you on local regulations, environmental policies, living wages, etc
davidpdx
Nov 2013
#37
I think it is plenty fair to say it impacts our sovereignty. We are debating degrees and areas.
TheKentuckian
Nov 2013
#65
What purpose is it if corporation X can now either reverse the will of the people or extract huge
TheKentuckian
Nov 2013
#72
The support of this by Obama boggles, indeed, stupefies---unless one accepts that he is VERY be-
WinkyDink
Nov 2013
#26
Bear in mind that Winston was reading Adolph's top secret messages before he did sometimes n/t
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#36
How does the party of NAFTA speak out on TPP? The party of Free Trade with Korea, China?
Romulox
Nov 2013
#46
OMG! It's, it's, the most succesful meme against critical thinking, ever!
BelgianMadCow
Nov 2013
#50
This is the issue of our generation. I wonder how Elizabeth Warren feels about this?
silvershadow
Nov 2013
#54
Warren on Trans-Pacific Partnership: If people knew what was going on, they would stop it
solarhydrocan
Nov 2013
#60
Hillary Clinton's Business Legacy at State Department (leading part in drafting TPP)
antigop
Nov 2013
#77