Treaties aren't "signed into law"

Submitted by A. S. Kraditor (United States), Nov 7, 2006 at 13:37

If the agreement was a treaty and not just a resolution, then the President's signature was not necessary to ratify it and make it law. A President can sign a treaty to show his approval, but that signature has no role in the treaty-making process, according to the Constitution.

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