A [Presidential] sole-executive agreement can only be negotiated and entered into through the president’s authority (
1) in foreign policy,
(2) as commander-in-chief of the armed forces,
(3) from a prior act of Congress, or
(4) from a prior treaty. THEN, Agreements beyond these competencies must have the approval of Congress
Between 1946 and 1999, the United States completed nearly 16,000 international agreements.
**Only 912 of those agreements were treaties, submitted to the Senate for approval as outlined in Article II of the United States Constitution.
Since the Franklin Roosevelt presidency, only 6% of international accords have been completed as Article II treaties. Most of these executive agreements consist of congressional-executive agreements.
Repeal
American law is that international accords become part of the body of U.S. federal law
The only way that the United States of America can be compelled to military action is by treaty; no other instrument obligates us to defend another nation. It is a good thing that Ukraine was not admitted to NATO, which would have committed us to its defense by extension of the North Atlantic Treaty. It is astounding to observe so many people anxious to rush into war over a conflict that is none of our business and also beyond our present reach. Past empires were destroyed by such late-stage adventurism.