Recognize a comma splice when you see one. A comma splice, also called a run-on, occurs when a writer has connected two main clauses with a comma alone. A main clause makes a complete thought, so you should not find a wimpy comma struggling to join two such powerful clauses. The problem looks like this: Main Clause + , + Main Clause.
In the United States, the term treaty is used in a more restricted legal sense than in international law. U.S. law distinguishes what it calls treaties from congressional-executive agreements and sole-executive agreements.
The law of nations is a peculiar kind of law and it is generally settled by recourse to powder and shot.. That war is a  great evil  was readily conceded by Justice Foster in the Case of Pressing Mariners. But, he added, it is chosen to avoid a greater ..