Posts Tagged ‘US Constitution’

There is much talk about a treaty we have with the world health organization and whether adding words to it, ie amendments, requires new ratification by our Senate. One side says because these are amendments and not a new treaty there is no need for new Senate ratification. The other says when words are added to a treaty it is a new treaty and therefore must be ratified by the Senate. So the question is, is a treaty once agreed upon still the same treaty when the words in that treaty are changed? Is it the same treaty if you add words to it that weren’t there when it was first agreed upon by the parties involved? And the answer is of course it’s not the same treaty when words are added or changed. Because if you add even one…