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To: SolidSupplySide
Dust off your version of the Constitution. A President can't veto a treaty, which requires a supermajority to pass anyway.

Dust off your version of the Constitution. A President submits the treaty in the first place, which requires a supermajority to pass. CAFTA is a "trade agreement," supposedly not a treaty, which therefore supposedly requires a mere majority of both houses and then a Presidential signature.

Trade agreements concluded that way are a fraud on the Constitution.

40 posted on 07/18/2005 2:45:44 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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To: Carry_Okie
Trade agreements concluded that way are a fraud on the Constitution.





Absolutely dead right.

Unfortunately, I would not dare bring the case challenging this until Justices O'Connor, and Stevens are gone. And if only we could hurry-up the exits of Ginzburg and Kennedy. Unfortunately, we are likely stuck with Souter and Breyer for a long time.

241 posted on 07/21/2005 2:52:26 PM PDT by Paul Ross (George Patton: "I hate to have to fight for the same ground twice.")
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