Since the ratification of that document, our nation has been through much travail, but through some of our biggest challenges (i.e., the Civil War, World War II, and the civil rights movement) it was ultimately America's ability to mobilize both a federal bureaucracy and military power that kept us free.
No self-respecting Protestant, they reasoned, could favor ratification of such a "Godless" document.
Beyond the need to provide "impetus", the Council has developed further roles; to "settle issues outstanding from discussions at a lower level", to lead in foreign policy — acting externally as a "collective Head of State", "formal ratification of important documents" and "involvement in the negotiation of the treaty changes".
Paterson was instrumental in securing ratification of the final document in New Jersey and was elected one of the state's first two U.S. senators.
Such measures must not be the subject of bargains, such as trading the ratification of the constitutional document for strengthening the role of the army as the guardian of legitimacy, and as the sole body responsible for the fate of the country and its budget.
With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being.
The ratification of these documents requires, from Member States, specific obligations.
What Mr. McMahan is suggesting would require an abridgment and ratification of a fundamental right.
One near-term objective is completion and ratification of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia.
The ratification of a free-trade deal with the United States is also at risk.
