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To: rktman

Here it comes. The President will sign it and expect the Senate to do the same in kind. He will shame them and blame them for violence around the world if they don’t.


4 posted on 04/02/2013 9:53:56 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia
Here it comes. The President will sign it and expect the Senate to do the same in kind. He will shame them and blame them for violence around the world if they don’t.

I've heard that there is some trickiness in international law that says that if a country signs a treaty it in in force unless in is specifically not ratified by that country's legislature. That is the opposite of what the Constitution specifies that the President can make treaties only with the advice and consent of the Senate.

There are a lot of signed treaties that have never been brought before the Senate because they would likely be rejected and this will be added to the pile. Then Obama will try to treat it as if it has the effect of law.

If the Republicans ever get control of the Senate again, they need a session just to vote to reject outstanding treaties which won't be ratified. Clear the deck of the junk.

59 posted on 04/02/2013 11:03:56 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
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To: rarestia
I don't think so. Too many RED STATE Rats up for re-election who want to keep their jobs. Too lazy and too mindful of what a really crappy job their boss has done to want to even start looking for a real job.
102 posted on 04/02/2013 1:06:49 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Stand up and be counted... OR LINE UP AND BE NUMBERED...)
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