***URGENT*** Senate Expected To Vote This Morning On "Dangerous" Nomination of Harold Koh To State Department

This from the website of the Coalition To Preserve American Sovereignty "NO-KOH":

Barack Obama has nominated Harold Koh to be the State Department legal adviser to the full Senate. Koh’s views are virulently anti-American and run directly counter to the Constitution, but unless something changes, a man who does not have this country’s best interests at heart is going to be in a position where he can do tremendous damage to this nation. The only suggestion I can make is to call your senators, whether Republican or Democrats, and tell them to vote “no” on Koh.

What follows are the notes, not quotes from the teleconference.

Opening Statement

Andy McCarthy: Dean Koh is a post-sovereign transnationalist. I believe American jurisprudence is built on national sovereignty and Koh would mark a radical shift. He views are the US as just one nation out of 192, governed under the whims of human rights law.

Ed Whelan: Koh is a radical transnationalist. He wants to supplant American law with foreign law. He wants the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution to allow foreign law to apply. He wants to erode our rights. He also wants to create new liberal rights in the constitution that don’t exist. He wants to use self-executing treaties to limit American rights. Koh believes that even if we reject the terms of a treaty, that the treaty can be enforced on us anyway.

He rejects the idea that Americans can promote our own interests. He’s fine with allowing foreign countries to prosecute American officials. As the State Department’s top lawyer, he would have the ability to implement these views. He would be a major player in intragency disputes.

In 2003, Harold Koh gave a speech saying he left global gun control on the table, but he wanted to get back to it. How does he impact gun rights?

Koh is extremely hostile to 2nd Amendment rights & the death penalty.

…The 5 justices from Heller are not going to be there forever and Obama may get to replace some of them. This transnational approach is a way to erode our laws and make us more like Europe.

The vote is about to take place this morning.  The number for the Senate switchboard – which can transfer you to the offices of both your Senators – is (202) 224-3121.