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- Congress shares power in this field with the President, who is primarily responsible for the conduct of relation with other nations. Congress has the inherent power to act on matters affecting the security of the nation.
-The national government has greater powers in the field of foreign affairs than it has in any other.
- The states in the union are not sovereign, they have no standing in international law.
-The constitution does not allow them to take part in foreign relations.
- Congressional authority in the field of foreign relations comes from two sources:
- 1) from various expressed powers: including, especially, the several war powers and the power to regulate foreign commerce.
- 2) from the fact that the United States is a sovereign state in the world community.
-The national government has greater powers in the field of foreign affairs than it has in any other.
- The states in the union are not sovereign, they have no standing in international law.
-The constitution does not allow them to take part in foreign relations.
- Congressional authority in the field of foreign relations comes from two sources:
- 1) from various expressed powers: including, especially, the several war powers and the power to regulate foreign commerce.
- 2) from the fact that the United States is a sovereign state in the world community.