Obama will bypass Congress, seek U.N. resolution on nuclear testing

[mystery-ak]

Obama will bypass Congress, seek U.N. resolution on nuclear testing
By Josh Rogin August 4 at 2:12 PM

President Obama has decided to seek a new United Nations Security Council resolution that would call for an end to nuclear testing, a move that leading lawmakers are calling an end run around Congress.

Top administration officials, including Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, briefed lawmakers and congressional staffers this week about President Obama’s decision to push for the U.N. action this September, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which was adopted in September 1996 but was never ratified by the Senate.

National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price told me that the administration still would like to see the Senate ratify the test ban treaty but is “looking at possible action in the UN Security Council that would call on states not to test and support the CTBT’s objectives. We will continue to explore ways to achieve this goal, being careful to protect the Senate’s constitutional role.”

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National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price told me that the administration still would like to see the Senate ratify the test ban treaty but is “looking at possible action in the UN Security Council that would call on states not to test and support the CTBT’s objectives. We will continue to explore ways to achieve this goal, being careful to protect the Senate’s constitutional role.”

Translation: We don't care about the Senate's constitutional role.  We want what we want, and we're going to do whatever it takes, dammit.

[Doug Loss]

Any such resolution would have no force of law in the US and could be ignored.  If I want to test my nukes, I'll do so--the UN can't stop me.  Oh wait, you didn't know about those nukes, did you?  Nevermind....

[Chieftain]

Well! That should show the NORKS a thing or two, huh??

I should start a betting pool to pick the date after Obammy presents this at the UN until the NORKS test another nuke.  I'll bet they don't wait.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Any such resolution would have no force of law in the US and could be ignored.  If I want to test my nukes, I'll do so--the UN can't stop me.  Oh wait, you didn't know about those nukes, did you?  Nevermind....

The scary thing is Hillary will give it the full force of US law.

[txradioguy]

And Congress will just roll over...again.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

And Congress will just roll over...again.

That is not 'roll over'.

It is breach of the oath of office for everyone of them against what they swore to protect and uphold - the Constitution/