The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution by McClanahan Brion

Author:McClanahan, Brion [McClanahan, Brion]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Patriot Bookshelf
ISBN: 9781596982864
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Published: 2012-11-06T06:00:00+00:00

While Lee, Jefferson, and Madison defended so-called congressional-executive agreements in relation to commerce alone, no member of the founding generation supported unilateral executive agreements, which they would have regarded as monarchical and dangerous to liberty. Even Washington, during the height of a showdown with the Senate over an unpopular treaty with Great Britain, placed a negotiated treaty on their desks for their approval or rejection. Most modern presidents have not given the Senate that luxury. In fact, since 1939, close to 95 percent of all foreign agreements have been unilateral executive agreements, including some controversial decisions, such as United States involvement in the World Bank, the IMF, G.A.T.T., and N.A.F.T.A. According to the Constitution as ratified, the Senate, as the agent of the States, was a strong check on the power of the executive branch. That is how proponents sold executive powers to the State Ratifying Conventions. The executive was never to have unbridled authority over appointments or foreign policy. That is how the majority of the founding generation interpreted Article II, Section 2.

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