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Benton D Struckcheon

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4. Serious question

Reply to demwing (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 02:51 PM

Aug 2013

Is that chemical weapons agreement signed by the US an actual treaty??? Because if it is, that might mean (not a lawyer, don't know this for sure at all) that he could act under that treaty and still be within the Constitution, because treaties are supposed, I believe, to be coequal with the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.

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"I believe I have the authority to carry out this military action..." [View all] demwing Aug 2013 OP

Maybe you should just calm down? johnd83 Aug 2013 #1

It's playing out right now demwing Sep 2013 #9

The votes have probably already been counted leftstreet Aug 2013 #2

I gotta agree demwing Aug 2013 #3

I wonder if it was equally "understood and orchestrated" in the UK. libdem4life Aug 2013 #5

Serious question Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #4

There is a treaty against chemical weapons johnd83 Aug 2013 #6

Congress will have to vote for Obama DearAbby Aug 2013 #7

I don't know if this was political demwing Aug 2013 #8