Questions tagged [treaty]
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Could the President, Senate, and a foreign country circumvent the House to pass a law?
If the Senate and President wanted to pass a law, but the House of Representatives voted against it, could the President and Senate pass it by including it in a treaty with a foreign country (assuming they found a country willing to help them bypass…
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Can a citizen be denied access to their own country?
With decades of international treaties covering refugees, asylum, diplomats, espionage, and countless other interesting and relevant topics to international politics, is there any international treaty establishing a right to return to one's country…
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Does the "natural born Citizen" requirement for presidency violate the ICERD?
Article two, clause five of the United States Constitution states:
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President;
The USA…
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Can the President unilaterally withdraw the United States from NATO?
In Goldwater v. Carter (1979), the US Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the President's unilateral withdrawal from a Senate-ratified treaty, on the grounds that it was a political question. This effectively allowed the…
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Can the US government be compelled to honor the NATO treaty?
The North Atlantic Treaty (which establishes NATO) commits each member to mutual defence in case any member is attacked. The treaty has been ratified by the US, so it is legally binding.
My question is, can the US government be legally forced to…
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Belgium's historical Charter for indefinite access to UK waters
In 1666 King Charles II issued the Fisheries Privilege Charter granting 50 fishermen from the city of Bruges ‘eternal access’ to British waters, and the EU are now trying to 'grandfather' this treaty. Is this treaty valid under all possible…
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What are the implications of the Good Friday Agreement for customs controls?
After the Good Friday Agreement was concluded, customs and security controls between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom were removed (From Wikipedia). The Irish border is one of the major problems in the Brexit negotiations. If the UK…
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What would be the legal mechanism for President Trump to impose a tariff on Colombia?
Trump issuing ‘emergency 25% tariffs’ against Colombia after country turned back deportation flights
I'm pretty sure we have a treaty with Colombia or some other trade organization that states what our tariffs will be. I'm also pretty sure that the…
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Does an MLAT request have an age limit?
Having recently found out about Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) requests, I had some questions that I could not find on the government (gov.uk) website. I am interested in both between UK and EU and between UK and non-EU MLAT requests.
Would…
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Married couple traveling abroad, what proof exists
When traveling abroad, how does a nation state know that a couple is married?
What laws are in place regarding hospitalization and next of kin?
What happens to a same-sex couple traveling to a nation that is not amicable to same-sex unions, say…
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What gives rise to binding obligations at international law?
There are many international agreements, declarations, and norms. Which of these give rise to obligations that are binding on nation states at international law?
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Which countries grant extraterritoriality to US citizens?
Some countries have ceded, to the United States, some control in the application of their own laws within their own borders.
A historical example would be the Treaty of Wanghia, signed with China in 1844, that granted extraterritoriality to US…
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Does the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic prohibit driverless cars?
The 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, which the United States and several other countries have ratified, states the following (emphasis added):
Chapter II, Article 8, Section 1 (reprinted in full):
Every vehicle or combination of vehicles…
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Finding Text of Negotiations for Biodiversity Convention
I'm currently reading the Biodiversity Convention (CBD) 1992 and came across this passage:
"The Contracting Parties, Conscious of the intrinsic value of
biological diversity and of the ecological, genetic, social, economic,
scientific, educational,…
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Is there any limit to the US federal government's power to cede territory through the Treaty Clause?
The Boundary Treaty of 1970 ceded to Mexico the Horcón Tract, a piece of land that was part of the state of Texas. (In fact, it even had inhabitants at the time.)
It's been claimed that the consent of Texas was not required and was not sought…
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