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President Bill Clinton had the United States sign the treaty in 1994, but it was meaningless because there has never been two-thirds support in the Senate to ratify it. In 2012, more than one-third of the senators spoke against it.
The '''Law of the Sea Treaty''', or '''LOST''', is a [[liberal]] treaty that would erode [[America]]n sovereignty by giving away control of the High Seas to an international tribunal. This treaty was defeated by the opposition of 34 Senators as of July 16, 2012.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78568.html</ref>
The '''Law of the Sea Treaty''', or '''LOST''' or '''UNCLOS''' (United Nations Council on the Law of the Sea), is a [[liberal]] treaty that would erode [[America]]n sovereignty by giving away control of the High Seas to an international tribunal. This treaty was defeated by the opposition of 34 Senators as of July 16, 2012.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78568.html</ref>
Freedom of navigation already exists on the High Seas, and has for centuries. The [[United Nations]] has been a failure, and it is unjustified to create a 181-nation organization to control deep-sea and offshore mining of the seas.
Freedom of navigation already exists on the High Seas, and has for centuries. The [[United Nations]] has been a failure, and it is unjustified to create a 181-nation organization to control deep-sea and offshore mining of the seas.
[[Phyllis Schlafly]] was a leader in successfully blocking ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty.<ref>https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/national-sovereignty/defeat-law-of-the-sea-treaty-again-378/</ref><ref>https://eagleforum.org/column/2005/feb05/05-02-09.html</ref><ref>https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/national-sovereignty/america-first/u-s-should-sink-the-law-of-the-sea-treaty-august-1982/</ref>
[[Phyllis Schlafly]] was a leader in successfully blocking ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty.<ref>https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/national-sovereignty/defeat-law-of-the-sea-treaty-again-378/</ref><ref>https://eagleforum.org/column/2005/feb05/05-02-09.html</ref><ref>https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/national-sovereignty/america-first/u-s-should-sink-the-law-of-the-sea-treaty-august-1982/</ref> [[Democrat]] President [[Bill Clinton]] had the [[United States]] sign the treaty in 1994, but it was meaningless because there has never been two-thirds support in the Senate to ratify it. In 2012, more than one-third of the senators spoke against it.<ref>https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2016-10/law-sea</ref>
The [[Heritage Foundation]] published a paper showing how environmentalists could use this treaty to advance the [[global warming]] hoax. Heritage further criticizes the Law of the Sea Treaty on its website.<ref>https://www.heritage.org/report/the-law-the-sea-treaty</ref>
The [[Heritage Foundation]] published a paper showing how environmentalists could use this treaty to advance the [[global warming]] hoax. Heritage further criticizes the Law of the Sea Treaty on its website.<ref>https://www.heritage.org/report/the-law-the-sea-treaty</ref>