title:
Memorandum regarding authority of the President to suspend certain provisions of the ABM Treaty; Authority of the President to suspend certain provisions of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
title:
Authority of the President to suspend certain provisions of the ABM Treaty
creator:
Yoo, John.
contributor:
Delahunty, Robert J.; Bellinger, John (John B.)
publisher:
Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice
date:
Record modified: 2011-09-08
date:
Record created: 2009-04-22
date:
2001
description:
Title from caption.; At head of title: Memorandum for John Bellinger, III, Senior Associate Counsel to the President and legal adviser to the National Security Council.; "November 15, 2001." Includes bibliographical references.
description:
Extent: 21 p. : digital, PDF file.
description:
Abstract: Memo providing U.S. Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel's views on the question whether the President has the constitutional authority to suspend certain articles of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, May 26, 1972, (the "ABM Treaty") insofar as is necessary to allow the development and testing of missile defenses. The Office concludes that the President has the constitutional authority to suspend the articles in two cases: first, suspension of the relevant articles by mutual consent of both the United States and the Russian Federation; second, unilateral suspension by the United States.
subject:
Treaty-making power--United States
subject:
Soviet Union. Treaties, etc. United States 1972 May 26 (ABM)
subject:
Executive power--United States
relation:
OCLC No.: 318813039
relation:
Available via Internet from the USDOJ web site. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
type:
application/pdf
type:
Text
type:
PDF-1.4
source:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/documents/memoabmtreaty11152001.pdf
language:
eng
rights:
This item is a work of the United States government. Under Section 105 of the United States Copyright Act, it is not subject to copyright.
identifier:
memoabmtreaty11152001
