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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Re:Since when... by d3ac0n · 2011-10-13 04:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I love how my perfectly on-topic and utterly correct post get's modded down to 0-Troll in 5 minutes.
Remember kids: -1 Troll does NOT mean "I disagree with you."

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