Biden’s Unlawful Re-Entry Into Climate Accord: This raises issues of huge constitutional import. Does president of United States have constitutional power to “accept” Paris agreement by unilateral action? The correct answer is a decided no. 👎🏾 🚨🇺🇸 hoover.org/research/biden…
The Paris agreement should be understood first and foremost as a treaty. As such, it should be governed by Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which requires treaty ratification by two-thirds of the senators present.
Obama knew that he did not have the votes in the Republican-controlled Senate to ratify the treaty in 2016—hence the initial entry into the agreement via executive order.
The simple question here is whether the obligation to secure Senate approval can be avoided...
The simple question here is whether the obligation to secure Senate approval can be avoided...
... by rebranding the treaty as an “agreement,” as was done in Obama’s and Biden’s executive orders.
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