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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2015, 02:23 PM Mar 2015

‘Embarrassing’: GOP senators get the Constitution wrong while lecturing Iran about US law

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/embarrassing-gop-senators-get-the-constitution-wrong-while-lecturing-iran-about-us-law/

But Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith, writing at the Lawfare blog, said it appears that the senators are the ones who “do not understand our constitutional system or the power to make binding agreements.”

The letter warned that President Barack Obama had no right to negotiate international treaties without congressional approval.

“In the case of a treaty, the Senate must ratify it by a two-thirds vote… Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement,” the letter claimed.

However, Goldsmith noted that the Senate’s own website makes clear that the Senate does not “ratify” treaties. The president is the one who ratifies the treaty if the Senate consents.

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‘Embarrassing’: GOP senators get the Constitution wrong while lecturing Iran about US law (Original Post) KamaAina Mar 2015 OP

They need to stew in their stupidity BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #1

Republican Senators playing tic-tac-toe C_U_L8R Mar 2015 #2

Du member blm calls them ..."Traitor Tots". dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #5

Perfect!!! C_U_L8R Mar 2015 #6

I am constantly amazed by the ignorance of those in congress of the constitution KellyW Mar 2015 #3

What pisses me off is that we're paying these morons $174,000 a year... KansDem Mar 2015 #4

BumRushDaShow

(129,229 posts)

1. They need to stew in their stupidity

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 02:26 PM

Mar 2015

although many of their constituents are just as stupid and they know it. Fortunately the world knows better and they are being laughed at.

C_U_L8R

(45,012 posts)

2. Republican Senators playing tic-tac-toe

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 02:31 PM

Mar 2015

and losing every single time !

Their stupidity is only matched by their arrogance.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

5. Du member blm calls them ..."Traitor Tots".

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 04:31 PM

Mar 2015

C_U_L8R

(45,012 posts)

6. Perfect!!!

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 04:37 PM

Mar 2015

Traitor Tots !!

KellyW

(598 posts)

3. I am constantly amazed by the ignorance of those in congress of the constitution

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 02:33 PM

Mar 2015

Remember Sen Larry Craig? He was arrested for lewd conduct in the men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in 2007. What he didn’t seem to know was when the cops arrested him, he was immune from arrest, as clearly stated in Article I, Section 6, Clause 1. After 28 years in congress, he didn’t seem to even know about the part of the constitution that gave him special privileges as a member of Congress.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)

4. What pisses me off is that we're paying these morons $174,000 a year...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 02:37 PM

Mar 2015

...with the best health care, retirement, and perks.

And they pull this shit!

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