More specifically, Thomas Jefferson had reflected that foreigners evidently do not understand the Founder’s division of federal and state government powers and consequently think that the states are subservient to the federal government.

“With respect to our State and federal governments, I do not think their relations correctly understood by foreigners. They generally suppose the former subordinate to the latter. But this is not the case. They are co-ordinate departments of one simple and integral whole.” –Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 1824. ME 16:47

But more importantly concerning peoples’ fear that Obama will force US citizens to comply with the Copenhagen Treaty, regardless that the president and senate have constitutional authority to negotiate treaties, Jefferson had noted that such power is also limited by the Constitution.

“Surely the President and Senate cannot do by treaty what the whole government is interdicted from doing in any way.” –Thomas Jefferson: Parliamentary Manual, 1800. http://www.constitution.org/tj/tj-mpp.htm

The problem is that we now have a president, the sad product of an affirmative action education, who is evidently as clueless about constitutional limits on federal government powers, including limits on powers to negotiate treaties, as the foreigners of Jefferson’s time were and evidently still are.

However, if misguided Obama uses his power to negotiate treaties as a back door to forcing US citizens to comply with the Copenhagen Treaty, we must not forget the following. Jefferson also had a remedy concerning “leaders” like Obama who unthinkingly exercise constitutionally nonexistent federal government powers.

“Where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy.” –Thomas Jefferson: Draft Kentucky Resolutions, 1798. http://tinyurl.com/oozoo