As I've pointed out in previous posts, the most egregious spin has been the attempts by politicians to re-frame a successful outcome in Copenhagen as being a "politically binding" deal as opposed to a "legally binding" one.
Canada has been condemned at home and abroad as "irresponsible" and "reckless" for pulling out of the Kyoto climate treaty, just a day after committing to a future legally binding deal at a major UN climate summit.
In many ways a politically binding deal amongst major economies can be as significant as a legally binding one if it starts a "race to the top" in terms of ambitious action.
"There is no such thing as a binding deal that negates each Senator's responsibility to determine the fitness of a judicial nominee for a lifetime appointment".
The constitutional responsibility of advice and consent resides with each individual Senator, and there is no such thing as a binding deal that negates each Senator's responsibility to determine the fitness of a judicial nominee for a lifetime appointment".
Since Copenhagen, the White House has worked with world leaders to determine a framework for a deal as well as each country's commitment and to detail how reporting requirements would work absent legal binding.
"The CVA as a legally binding deal will provide all creditors in their class with the same distribution, so they will all get treated the same.
Here, in as few words as I can manage, is a scene-setter: There will be no global, legally binding deal from Cancún – that's been clear since as early as February.
Cameron wants a legally binding deal that he can sell to the British people as irreversible, but all countries are opposed to reopening EU treaties, which would trigger a lengthy ratification process in several countries.
Many developed nations are not in a position to deliver a legally binding deal due to various reasons.
