Priceless: Iran educates Republican Senators on the US Constitution

[Cali_Democrat]

Republicans are a worldwide laughingstock.

They can't answer simple questions about evolution when they're in Europe. Now they try to lecture Iran on the US Constitution and they fail miserably.

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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he was astonished that "some members of the U.S. Congress find it appropriate to write to leaders of another country against their own president and administration." He said the 47 senators who signed the letter "not only do not understand international law, but are not fully cognizant of the nuances of their own Constitution when it comes to presidential powers in the conduct of foreign policy."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/iran-joins-denunciations-republican-senators-nuke-talks-letter-n320221

GOP Senators Flub Fact About The Constitution As They Lecture Iran About The Constitution

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Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard University law professor and former top legal official in the George W. Bush administration, offered the lawmakers their own lesson early Monday morning.

Writing for the blog Lawfare, Goldsmith noted that the senators mistakenly say in their message that the Senate "must ratify" any treaty. In fact, he points out, the Senate's role is to give the president its consent for a treaty -- and to recognize that ratifying it is the president's choice.

"This is a technical point that does not detract from the letter’s message that any administration deal with Iran might not last beyond this presidency," Goldsmith wrote. "But in a letter purporting to teach a constitutional lesson, the error is embarrassing."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/09/senate-iran-deal_n_6832706.html

[samsingh]

1. disgusting for the gop senators

[arcane1]

2. Iranians know our Contstitution better than Repiblican Senators.

Let THAT sink in!

[former9thward]

3. In order for an treaty to become law it must be agreed to by 2/3rds of the Senate.

Without that it does not have the force of law and could be thrown out with the next President.