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October 17, 2008

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Fritz

So the Iraqi parliament gets to vote on the agreement but the American Congress does not? That seems pretty wildly unfair.

Tom Bowler

I'm not a lawyer so I don't speak with any authority on this, but I don't think the S.O.F.A. is a treaty. As I understand it, S.O.F.A. only pertains to the legal status of U.S. troops in Iraq, so Bush as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces has authority to enter into it without the need for ratification by congress.

It was only recently that I learned that treaties take precedence over the U.S. constitution as regards laws that we American citizens are subject to. That explains why people get all worked up about U.N. treaties that propose an international criminal court. It's also another good reason why congress has to ratify treaties.

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