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Obama Sees an Iran Deal That Could Avoid Congress

2014-10-21

Even this NYT op-ed piece understands the danger of a President going around the Congress on what is, by all common definitions, a treaty. Presidents conduct foreign policy but they have to get their agreements ratified by the Senate. This time it's truly a matter of life and death.

Posted by:Steve White

#6 Maybe congress is following the roman senate model.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-10-21 16:30

#5 At least Caesar Augustus had to win a harsh civil war before making the same move...

Posted by: borgboy 2014-10-21 15:08

#4 He goes around them on everything else, why would this be any different?

Posted by: chris 2014-10-21 07:25

Posted by: Big Thromoth3646 2014-10-21 07:13

#2 So will congress rise up against this tyrant with us if he does this?

Ain't holding my breath.

Posted by: DarthVader 2014-10-21 01:21

#1 O&Co is a symptom of the problem. Congress is the problem. They are not assuming their power AND their constitutional responsibility. The Senate gives advice and consent to treaties. This is not party politics. This is about the Chief Executive going against this nation's bylaws---the Constitution.

Every member of the House and Senate upon assuming office has sworn an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-10-21 00:41

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