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This is not really circular at all, merely self-referential; the Constitution also provides a process for it to be amended, so any and all of it's provisions co
by michael_dorfman 15y ago
This is not really circular at all, merely self-referential; the Constitution also provides a process for it to be amended, so any and all of it's provisions could be repealed or rewritten without having to get a foreign government involved in the equation at all.
Of course, all of the parties involved (President, Senators, etc.) have sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution.
- pessimizer 15y agoI understand the creepy feeling, though. And I'm pretty sure that through treaty, they've dramatically lowered the bar for entering into a treaty to simple Presidential whim. According to Wikipedia, "executive agreements" outnumber actual treaties by 10:1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties#United_States_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties#United_States_law