John Gizzi reminds us that the administration supports the Law of the Sea Treaty, which Reagan tried to bury twenty years ago, and even Clinton didn't support.

I wonder if anyone in the administration understands that the principle behind this treaty is the same one behind the 1979 Moon Treaty, which would have effectively outlawed private property in space, and the implications for the new space policy? I, too, like Gizzi and Doug Bandow, would like to know what the rationale is for this policy.

IIRC from my International Law class, the sole point of contention over the Law of the Sea Treaty was internationalization of deep-seabed mining. (Back when people actually thought it was economically feasible to mine the seabed.)

I'd say split the difference: sign the treaty with a reservation stating that we are not bound by the seabed mining provisions.

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