Lacking clear constitutional support, he argues that "states, upon ratification of the Constitution, did not consent to become mere appendages of the federal government".
It would be an appropriate year for the U.S. Senate to consent to ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which has been languishing for 13 years.
While senators suggested in preliminary comments today that the Senate would probably consent to ratification of the treaty, the prospect that both sides could keep large arsenals of stored warheads seems likely to cause considerable debate.
Ratification of an international treaty requires the consent of 67 senators – and right now, just getting to 60 just to vote on the climate bill is looking difficult.
For example, some number of state or provincial legislatures may be required to consent to the ratification of amendments passed by the federal legislature.
In a more rational world, of course, the ratification of New Start could have been done by unanimous consent.
Troublesome, rather, is securing 2/3 consent of the Senate, a Constitution-mandated condition for U.S. ratification of a treaty.
Macmillan's stated goal was to delay ratification of the Hague Convention, and to make certain that a woman's nationality would not change without her consent, and that the nationality of a couple's children would not be more influenced by the father's nationality.
The ratification of the Constitution, H. W.
Ratification of the amendment was completed on Dec. 5, 1933.
