Monday, October 15, 2007
On the ratification of treaties
I did not know this, or if I did, I'd forgotten it:
It is a common misconception that the senate ratifies treaties. The senate does not ratify a treaty. Under the constitution, the senate's function is to consent to a treaty (or decline to do so). It is the president who ratifies. That is, if the senate consents to a treaty by the required two-thirds vote, that act does not operate to make the treaty the law of the land. The president still has to ratify.
3 Comments:
By 
, at
Tue Oct 16, 12:41:00 AM:
Our senate never ratified the KYOTO TREATY and we should repeal all those other treaties we signed with the UN
By 
Larry Sheldon, at
Tue Oct 16, 02:14:00 PM:
A new game:
Read the blog item, then read the "comments" associated with it.
Using ONLY the words of each comment, make a determination: Commenter read the item before commenting; or, Commenter did NOT read the comment.
("Read" in this context includes "and comprehended".)
By , at
Tue Oct 16, 04:39:00 PM:
When he was on his throne WILLIAM THE FINK used his royal decrees to get what he wanted including the controvursial ICC and of course the KYOTO TREATY and liberals want to have america sign onto the world wide bun ban movement pushed by the sinster UN
