>"Puerto Ricans dealt blow in U.S. presidential vote"

>AP offers this report, which begins: "The Supreme Court turned down an appeal Monday that sought to open U.S. presidential elections to voters in Puerto Rico."

For those following this slow-moving drama about fundamental political rights, your attention will move to an international tribunal.  I've been assured by the chief plaintiff that a complaint against the United States will soon be filed with the Organization of American States since the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear the arguments for territorial suffrage.

Assuming, after more protracted litigation, the Puerto Ricans get a favorable ruling on the OAS complaint, how do they obtain enforcement?  Surely not through U.S. courts given the Solicitor General's position that international human rights treaties are not binding on signatories.

Michael Richardson