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To: X-spurt
No President can bind us to any Treaty. Requires 67 vote Super Majority of Senate.

Wrong. The Constitution specifies "two thirds of the Senators present," for ratification. With a minimum quorum, that's 34. Worse, a treaty now has practical effect upon signature alone, pursuant to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (a treaty about treaties, one that we never ratified).

Feeling so cocky now?

34 posted on 06/01/2013 7:30:19 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics usually is.)
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To: Carry_Okie

You countered each of your contrary points, thank you.

Oh, the sky is falling, the sky is falling..... Why would 66 Senators find themselves absent when something as significant came up for vote? The non-chicken answer, they would not.

The Vienna Convention treaty was NOT RATIFIED, thus we do not abide by any of its rules.

Nobama may try to pull this on his own, but he sure as hell won’t get by with getting it into law.

Feeling so wimpy now?


35 posted on 06/01/2013 8:57:19 AM PDT by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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