Andrew Sullivan misunderstands the importance of this:
What the administration thinks, of course, is irrelevant. The court has ruled that Article 3 applies.
Unfortunately, while that is true as a matter of international law (the US will continue to be bound by Article 3 and will therefore be violating its international obligations when it violates Article 3), it is not true as a matter of domestic law (if Congress authorizes the violation of a treaty, no court will enforce the treaty.
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