It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There has been talk of lack of consensus, but we all know that this is the veto of foreign powers, the intolerable situation in our 21st century America.
The list of U.S. vetoes at the Security Council to protect Israeli aggression and occupation is huge.
Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.
The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it.
The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing to unfair, damaging compromises.
If you have a federal government that's not enforcing the law and does not preserve the integrity of its own borders, then naturally, states are going to take matters into their own hands.
The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential for their own welfare or for the general good.
A territory cannot become a state or a nation unless Congress approves legislation and the president signs it.
First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures.
If approval was a criterion in this country, nothing would ever get done.