CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings June 2, 2014
The hands of the National Government. And it needed to be exclusively in the hands of the National Government in order to ensure that the United States could be a full sovereign on the world stage. Now, it is true that the subject matter of treaties is different now than it was at the time of the founding, but the framers understood that. They were careful not to impose subject matter limitations on the treaty power because they were wise enough to know they could not foresee what might be important for the United States to be able to negotiate about on a world stage in order to participate fu...
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