Government by Treaty (1950)
by William H. Fitzpatrick

This series of newspaper editorials, published in the New Orleans States from December 11–18, 1950, argues against United States ratification of the Covenant on Human Rights (a proposed treaty that was a predecessor to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights). Fitzpatrick won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for these articles.

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The Covenant on Human Rights:


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