When the Senate consents to a treaty with a given foreign State, does it impliedly authorize future Presidents to make a treaty on the same subject with a new State that is a successor to that given foreign State?
As a matter of international law, when a U.S. President grants recognition to a foreign State, the President imposes no duty or obligation on the United States that the United States would not in any event be obliged to discharge.
If a foreign State ceases to exist under international law and, consequently, a bilateral treaty between the extinct State and the United States lapses, the President cannot use the "receive Ambassadors" clause to bring a new treaty into force between the United States and a successor to the extinct State without Senate advice and consent.
The President cannot, without Senate approval, bring a lapsed treaty back to life by declaring that a given foreign State is the successor or continuation of an extinct State.
In other words, the President cannot, without Senate approval, bring a lapsed treaty back to life by declaring that a given foreign State is the successor or continuation of an extinct State.
If a case arises in which a foreign law or foreign legal doctrine is involved in a dispute in a state court, ALAC prevents the use of that foreign law or foreign legal doctrine if any of the parties' constitutional rights or state public policy would be violated in the process.
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