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If Congress had known that there was anything like this“If Congress had known that there was anything like this in NAFTA, they would never have voted for it.”
(Abner Mikva, a former congressman and NAFTA tribunal judge, commenting on chapter 11 of the NAFTA accord that gives power to a NAFTA tribunal which trumps local, state, and federal laws, essentially becoming the supreme law of the land. Two aggrieved parties can also appeal to a United Nations panel for further redress.)