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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums‘Embarrassing’: GOP senators get the Constitution wrong while lecturing Iran about US law
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/embarrassing-gop-senators-get-the-constitution-wrong-while-lecturing-iran-about-us-law/But Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith, writing at the Lawfare blog, said it appears that the senators are the ones who do not understand our constitutional system or the power to make binding agreements.
The letter warned that President Barack Obama had no right to negotiate international treaties without congressional approval.
In the case of a treaty, the Senate must ratify it by a two-thirds vote Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement, the letter claimed.
However, Goldsmith noted that the Senates own website makes clear that the Senate does not ratify treaties. The president is the one who ratifies the treaty if the Senate consents.
The letter warned that President Barack Obama had no right to negotiate international treaties without congressional approval.
In the case of a treaty, the Senate must ratify it by a two-thirds vote Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement, the letter claimed.
However, Goldsmith noted that the Senates own website makes clear that the Senate does not ratify treaties. The president is the one who ratifies the treaty if the Senate consents.
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‘Embarrassing’: GOP senators get the Constitution wrong while lecturing Iran about US law (Original Post)
KamaAina
Mar 2015
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BumRushDaShow
(129,950 posts)1. They need to stew in their stupidity
although many of their constituents are just as stupid and they know it. Fortunately the world knows better and they are being laughed at.
C_U_L8R
(45,035 posts)2. Republican Senators playing tic-tac-toe
and losing every single time !
Their stupidity is only matched by their arrogance.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. Du member blm calls them ..."Traitor Tots".
C_U_L8R
(45,035 posts)6. Perfect!!!
Traitor Tots !!
KellyW
(598 posts)3. I am constantly amazed by the ignorance of those in congress of the constitution
Remember Sen Larry Craig? He was arrested for lewd conduct in the men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in 2007. What he didnt seem to know was when the cops arrested him, he was immune from arrest, as clearly stated in Article I, Section 6, Clause 1. After 28 years in congress, he didnt seem to even know about the part of the constitution that gave him special privileges as a member of Congress.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)4. What pisses me off is that we're paying these morons $174,000 a year...
...with the best health care, retirement, and perks.
And they pull this shit!