On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:03:16AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 23 Mar, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > On 03/23/07 08:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [snip] > >> > >> I agree with you that we are only bound under Article 6 of the > >> constitution to agreements that we are a signatory to. Congress can > > > > Signatory? Or ratified? > > > > I'd assume that the US wouldn't be considered a signatory to > an international agreement until it's also ratified. Perhaps I'm > wrong about the terminology. > I believe that you are correct. Becoming a signatory is an executive branch function (usually some official in the state department, or the secretary of state) is authorized to do this. However, ratification is a legislative (specifically, the senate) function.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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