U.S. Senator Wyden Raises Constitutional Questions About ACTA

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 13, 2011 @04:33AM from the there-would-be-these-rules dept.

bs0d3 writes "In a written letter which can be found here, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden questions President Obama's authority to sign ACTA without Congressional approval. 'It may be possible for the U.S. to implement ACTA or any other trade agreement, once validly entered, without legislation if the agreement requires no change in U.S. law,' Wyden writes. 'But regardless of whether the agreement requires changes in U.S. law ... the executive branch lacks constitutional authority to enter a binding international agreement covering issues delegated by the Constitution to Congress' authority, absent congressional approval.'"

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This President... by Nom+du+Keyboard · 2011-10-13 04:47 · Score: -1, Flamebait

This president has been going around Congress on every other possible issue, so why should you expect him to be doing anything different here? Barrack Obama is a lot like Steve Jobs in that he feels that he knows better what is right for us and what we need than we do ourselves.

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"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
Okay, I'll say it by Quila · 2011-10-13 07:00 · Score: -1, Flamebait

His supporters are fanatical, irrational worshippers.
Never before have I seen a less qualified person elected on such a wave of baseless enthusiasm.
It makes the irrational right-wing Reagan worship look downright sane.