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To: Reaganite Republican
“The President may bind the country to anything he may say or do until the Senate considers the treaty in full” (pg 93):

There is no such quote as that!
Here is the whole sentence, not the snippet you have up!

Whether, in conducting a negotiation consisting, it may be, of many successive steps, the President can bind the Government to anything he may do or say until the Senate has finally considered the entire scheme and has approved every point in it by a two-thirds vote is a question that involves the consideration of his powers as Chief Executive under the Constitution. They are as broad as is necessary for conducting and concluding negotiations with any foreign nation, and are, therefore, in that respect as broad as those of any such nation.

There are only two returns for "full" on pages 93-97 and neither of them go with your "quote".

119 posted on 07/18/2012 9:28:28 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36; All

I botched the “all” in the quote, but what’s the difference-? just asking.

It says we can be bound to international treaties until the Senate looks at it... that’s the entire concern right there, no?

You seem more studied than I but that is what I read that made me fear Morris could be right


123 posted on 07/18/2012 9:40:06 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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