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Re: Obama Blasts Republicans Over Letter to Iranian Leadership
If you are attempting to negotiate an agreeement that is said to run for 10 years with verification, then an EO would not be appropriate. You would have to be the worst kind of moron to entertain a negotiated nuclear treaty with no expectation of compliance beyond your tenure of office.Simpleχity;1064404440 said:Obama can negotiate what is known as a sole-executive agreement. Examples of such agreements would be Yalta, Potsdam, Vietnam, and the numerous SOFA agreements with other nations. Although there is nothing in the Constitution which addresses such agreements, they have flourished and the SCOTUS has upheld their validity mainly because there is no long-term commitment. Sole Executive Agreements are considered to be a legal treaty under international law, but not under US law. Successor presidents are not required to honor such agreements, but most do so.