Scenario #3

"Troubles with the Treaty Clause"

Article II, Section 2 "The President... shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur...."

Treaty Clause

An article from the New York Times discusses that the Treaty Clause can’t be ignored because in the constitution it says that two thirds of the senate is required to approve treaties with other countries. It also argues that it is possible for the President to find cracks in the constitution if they were to meet with foreign nations without legally binding or trying to create a treaty so they wouldn’t necessarily need the Senate’s approval.

The article that was about the Treaty Clause not being ignored relates to Article II, Section 2 in the constitution because it talks about the Treaty Clause as well. The Treaty Clause is what requires the President to have two thirds of the senate’s approval in order to make treaties with foreign countries. The article shares why the treaty clause can’t be ignored. The article looked at some past cases when the treaty clause was used. It also discussed how Presidents sometimes try to get around having to get majority of the senate’s approval.