Under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, Senate ratification of a treaty requires that “two thirds of the Senators present concur.”
Excuse me for thinking logically, but wouldn’t this mean if a midnight vote were scheduled and 20 Senators showed up, 14 would mean the treaty is ratified. Is that correct?
If that were to happen, might we have some appropriate recourse at the polls? Would we bother, or simply chalk it up to the nasty Dems and intractable RINOs? I seem to recall that in 2012 many abstained from voting in the presidential elections. I did not like the choices but voted for the lesser of evils.
I hope we would pay attention and vote out every RINO senator up for reelection who thus disgraced himself (and those who voted for him), giving each ample opportunity to sleep on his own time rather than ours. They are worse problems, and more readily dealt with, than any treaty violative of the Constitution.
How about legislation that ignores, or rejects for domestic purposes, such a treaty? It appears to be the administration line that the treaty will have no impact on domestic law. I don't accept that notion.
However, were such legislation passed and vetoed what would happen?