New legal analysis of Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran shows it specifically violates federal law – law the president himself implemented.
Policy experts remain unsure if this will nullify the treaty. But most agree that this violation leaves the deal open for legal challenges in the court system by the many opponents who want it scrapped.
According to reports, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the technical name of the Iran Deal, states that the US, “shall…license non-U.S. entities that are owned or controlled by a US person to engage in activities with Iran that are consistent with this JCPOA.”
Which means that, essentially, foreign subsidiaries of U.S. parent companies will, under some conditions, be allowed to do business inside Iran.
The only problem? That’ll illegal under current U.S. law.
The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (ITRA), signed into law by President Obama in August 2012, specifically forbids this kind of deal, called a “foreign sub” loophole.
Further, the ITRA also says in Section 218 that, when it comes to doing business with Iran, the foreign subsidiaries of these US parent companies shall be treated exactly the same as U.S. firms.
In other words, what is legal for foreign subsidiaries is legal for U.S. parent companies.
Translation? If it’s suddenly legal for foreign subsidiaries to do business in Iran, then the same would go for parent companies based on U.S. soil.
Which, again, would violate current law.
Fox News quoted one U.S. expert as saying Obama has no authority to restore the foreign sub loophole or unleash the consequences that would come with it.
It’s the latest proof that the Obama Administration has entered America into a major international arrangement without considering the legal and military ramifications.
nothing new why are we suprised
No body is going to do a damn thing except kiss his ass !
Who is surprised? If anyone is going to break the law and get away with it, good ol’ OBUMMER leads the pac.
I just don’t understand why he gets by with everything.
Because Pres. Obama knows that no one will try to impeach him or else THE strong Black community will RIOT and that is what he is waiting to happen. Civil unrest will give him the authority to implement Martial Law, that is why he is so bold, and for now no one can do anything about getting him out of office. The Republicans do not want to give him a reason to implement Martial Law, that is why no action done to his numerous violations of the CONSTITUTION…..GOT IT?
I don’t think OBAMA have broken rules nor committed illegal decision, what he did is to show the world that US needs the highly old CULTURED PERSIAN EMPIRE or rather IRAN,
When did breaking the law ever bother Barack Hussein Mohammed al-Obama? This turkey started out breaking the law, and since nobody has slapped his wrists with a blackboard pointer, he continues to ride, roughshod, over anything that he perceives as thwarting him and his unholy plan to destroy the former United States of America..
It is our own fault for not screaming for his head from the first time he showed his official disdain for following the Constitution, but now he runs things just like a banana republic generalissimo.
Like a banana republic dictator, the only means left to depose him is probably a military coup, so get busy boys, or he’ll have you throwing away your lives and our treasure sacrificing your bodies in a useless battle with islamic radicals and their Russian allies around the Middle East.
Forget Obama. Focus on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve!\
IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ANSWER TO NO ONE!
EXCEPT OF COURSE TO WHATEVER THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) decides to do,where the dollar currency belong in the ‘RESERVE CURRENCY BASKET”. Their announcement of the fate of the dollar will HAPPEN around the end of this month. If the dollar will just be a part of SDR (SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS) instead of the DOMINANT RESERVE CURRENCY, THEN ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE, we will have DEFLATION….WORST THAN INFLATION FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. This is because of the uncontrolled government spending, that the Obama has done since he took over. From Bush’s $5,trillion deficit in 8 yrs. to Obama’s deficit in 6 years of $18,trillion plus and going. The IMF warned them in his first 4 years when he hit $14,trillion in deficit but no one listened. The Democratic controlled Congress and Senate for 50 years of TAX,BORROW AND SPEND agenda took us here……research and weep.
10-4 on the military coup. It is the only way left to bring this asshole to justice. Sound the alarm ! I am sure you will get enough takers to fill the entire East Coast. Go for it !!!
My question is who has gumption to charge him and when are they going to do it?
YES STEVE, HE BROKE THE LAW, KILLARY BROKE THE LAW, WHY IN THE HELL IS HE STILL IN OFFICE AND WHY IS KILLARY RUNNING TO REPLACE A LIER AND LAW BRAKER AS SHE HAS LIED UNDER OATH, PERGURY AND BROKE THE LAW SO SHE IS NO BETTER. THEY BOTH BROKE THE LAW AND BOTH LIED SO ONE IS NO BETTER THAN THE OTHER. WHEN IS CONGRESS AND SENATE GOING TO GET THE B#### TO STOP HIM. IT CAME RIGHT FROM HIS MOUTH THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. THEY ARRESTED THE GUY THAT JUMPED THE FENCE AT WH BECAUSE HE BROKE THE LAW. OBUMMER 7 KILLARY BROKE THE LAW. I ACTUALLY THINK THEY (CONGRESS 7 SENATE) ARE SCARED OF HIM. THE THING THAT GETS ME IS THEY DON’T SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THAT HE MAY HAVE BROKE THE LAW BUT THEY STATE HE DID BREAK THE LAW SO WHY IS HE NOT BEEN FINGERPRINTED.
they are americain MAFIA
They won’t do anything until he is out of office because the blacks will riot and that will give him the reason to implement MARTIAL LAW DUE TO civil unrest. He is very smart of turning to the blacks for protection but hurting their jobs in his “blanket amnesty for illegals” who takes their jobs.Look around you, do you see a lot of blacks even in fast food stores, construction or most manual labor jobs? The people he seeks for protection are the ones he hurts the most. Go figure….
Congress and the rest of the good old boys would be cut off from all the money they will get by voting with him. That’s why. GREED
Hey, Where were you guys when George W. Bush broke the law by lying to Congress to go to war with Iraq?
A far more egregious crime by any standard.
Remember the dog and pony show put on by Colin Powell in the UN Security Council…(disgraceful will be putting it mildly).
Horn, please display some semblance of non-partisan journalism and you may have some credibility.
The trouble with our country is that everything is polarized.
eg: You’re either a Yankees fan or a Mets fan.
If a Mets fan, then EVERYTHING about the Yankees sucks.
If a Republican, then all things Democrat are criminal and vice versa.
“You’re either with us or against us”…another piece of evidence of “black or white” tunnel vision
This is nothing but juvenile behavior.
When are we going to grow up and start acting like adults?
Blur the aisle in congress..leave genuine room for a third/fourth party to break this ludicrous polarization, and get down to what’s good for ALL AMERICANS, not just the elephants or the donkeys. Most progressive countries have a multi-party system. In that sense, the US is a dinosaur. Time to modernize.
Ray
Libturd!!!!
Shelton
You sir should not comment on anything you Know nothing about. Congress approve Bush’s action to attack Iraq on the information that they had at the time. Also hate to inform you that Colin Powell is a liberal democrat, you should pull your head out of your ass, the lack of oxygen is ruining your brain.
Actions speak lauder then words. Let’s look at some of his actions.
World wide war on Christians being persecuted and murdered and he does nothing. He takes numerous actions that directly put Christians and Jews in more danger with his Iranian disastrous nuclear deal.
Quietly 250,000 Muslims have been imported into the US per year during is seven years in office. How many of
those are terrorists, how any want to live under Sharia law??
How many are on welfare thereby overwhelming our system?? He claims we are winning against ISIS when the facts show we are losing!
And so on… He is destroying the US, THE MIDDLE COAST, JOBS, and Respect and the standing of the US all over the world. Sick!
Excuse me, but George Bush got the blessing of Congress for that, because of the CIA report that tons of URANIUM (the fuel for neuclear) was purchased by Iran from Turkey and Russia and yet no accounting was ever reported to the United Nations’ by Iran. Also, after the war, the military found the Uranium in caves and hauled it by ship to a base in Texas. No report of this of course in the mainstream media, but for those who research the UNBIASED PUBLICATIONS IN THE NET, THEY KNEW. The mediocre minds, the uninformed and the blind loyalists to their party ware of course in DENIAL of this…..need I say more? Research the truth before you respond, lest be perceived as an idiot.
If breaking the law is the real concern, people should have gone to jail for fomenting and supporting a coup to overthrow Mossadegh in 1953, Other people should’ve gone to jail for fomenting and supporting a coup to overthrow president Allende in 73. Recently other people should go to jail for siding with fascists and fomenting and supporting a coup to overthrow the Ukraine President Yanukovych. I do believe that arming Israel when they are an apartheid regime is also against the law. And while we’re at it, lying to take us into war in Iraq which resulted in a million dead people and millions of refugees is also a crime. Our continuous use of depleted uranium, cluster bombs and gases is also a crime. If we are a Christian nation as a lot of you think we are, then think long and hard about who has the right to cast the first stone! If anything we need to stop coveting other’s resources and meddling in their sovereign affairs. Let’s be honest, this hypocritical nation’s closest call for impeaching a president was for lying about a blow job.
All Islamic nations are apartheid nations. With no civil rights for their own citizens. the more you find out about islam, the less respect you have for it.
++++++ Last sentence from post. “It’s the latest proof that the Obama Administration has entered America into a major international arrangement without considering the legal and military ramifications.”
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How does the author know this? It is pure speculation and is based on considering O as an open minded, freedom thinking American. At best O is 100% for Obama, not the nation. At worst he is a muslim sympathizer whose agenda is to be America’s caliphate appointed by whomever is the secret head of islam? And somebody, somewhere is like a muslim “pope” since they operate a political system that uses the temporal powers of govt, taxation, courts, legislation to enforce their religious book, the Koran, all they rule. All in the name of “allah”. Islam. Where is your love? We all know where is your jihad. Everywhere islam exists.
Today’s gospel is about the Israelites falling away and starting to worship false gods. Here many have fallen away from Constitutional govt with individual freedoms and seek to “worship” the false govt being implemented by Obama. Based on the analysis in the post about breaking federal laws to love Iran, it can easily be stated there are a bunch of outlaws loose in PC DC. Where PC means political corruption? And they are operating outside the law? Like illegal immigrants. And Bernie wants to give them charity by taxing the workers to give them whatever. A lot of wealthy people are charitable as are others. But nary a govt official is charitable since they only give money to various voting groups that belongs to the taxpayers, not personal funds. They now use “rights” as patronage to get votes. I wonder how much outlaw activity goes on where the Hatch Act is violated? The Hatch Act is supposed to prevent the use of govt, public, resources for personal political gain. One govt resource is the power to enact laws. And giving a special interest group the right to be married or to kill an unborn must be a form of patronage for party political gain?
Over and over we are told that the fraud and traitor broke another law, yet he never has to answer for any of the crap he has done, therefore it’s obvious that criminal acts are being committed without penalty for breaking the Law. When is this crap going to stop. Now it seems that Boehner may not leave his post and will continue as Speaker of the House since his replacement of choice dropped out. None the less there are more people at this time that want obuma hanged and must be done before all the illegals are forced to vote in the coming 2016 elections.
Obama, “you’re fired”.
Imagine that! Obama broke the law. Gee, I wonder what will be done about it… perhaps the same as all the other laws he has broke, including treason?
We have a Government that is impotent and will do nothing concerning this egregious violation.
If you are familiar with the State Sponsored Terrorism Act as well as the simple Law against “Aiding an Enemy” then no analysis is necessary. It is a plain and simple truth that those (including President Obama) who voted for the Iran Deal have committed no less than Treason. I spoke with a State Senator yesterday and while he said he cannot deny what I said is true and he replied that if Iran does not comply that we can simply tear up the deal. Well, I say that is not good enough. Tearing up the deal does not stop Iran in the present time from paying (with the release of $150 Billion Dollars in assets) Hezbollah and other Terrorist Organizations to commit Acts of Terror against us and other Nations. Even President Obama admitted that he could not Guarantee Iran would not use the funds against us. It is not enough to simply deter the Nuclear ambitions of Iran. We must not release $150 Billion Dollars so Iran can sponsor Terrorism in the World.
All of the illegal acts of U.S. Presidents would fill a library, but the actions of the present POTUS are in a class of their own. As it is, he sits as a puppet atop a corporate enity that has no bearing upon the United States Constitution or the State Constitutions/ of the people of this once United Nation. His actions serve to divide and pit; Poor against Rich, Young against Old, Democrat against Republican, Black againt White, Christian against Muslim, ad infinitum.
He uses endtime prophecies to set up conflict scenarios so as to destroy our Union. Whatever his motives may be, or the roles he may set in motion, he has no right to set aside the Constitution or the rule of law in favor of rule under the United Nations or any other “One World Government”.
Any wars or conflicts, without the express approval of Congress are illegal and a simple stroke of the pen cannot supplant law, without approval of Congress. The POTUS who rules by edict is in effect, nothing more than a dictator. He has shown himself to be lawless and Americans are coming to the realization that he should be accorded the respect that his actions deserve.
Just Sayin’
Obbey makes the law and then he breaks the law…..And nobody has the internal fortitude to do a damn thing about it.
The Iran agreement is not constitutional if it is a treaty since it did not receive the required number of votes. In reality the problem was the number of senators opposed to the treaty.
This deal is bad because the Senate surrendered its power to approve a deal by allowing a deal to go into effect if it did not receive a large number of votes in opposition to the agreement. The way this crazy deal was handled legislatively calls into question what the law will be–will it be what was duly passed by Congress or will it be dictated by an agreement which goes into effect because it didn’t have enough opposition.
Since when does Obama give a sh*t about laws?! This clown breaks his own laws that he signs because he’s TOTALLY incompetent. A 13 year old teenager could manage the country better than this POS.
the turd in the WH hasn’t STOPPED breaking the law ever since he got elected…illegally by the way. You just now discovering it. he’s got enough law breaking to last him 200 years in a federal pen. What doesn’t someone get some BALLS and put him there? Simple, no one has any balls, not even the FBI and the military.
When you hang him from a tree, you must not lift him more than 2 feet off the ground. Therefore all members now on duty in the white house will still be able to kiss his u no wot ASS.
Pinocchiobama is finishing off the destruction LBJ started. Expected since knowing he went to Rev(?) Wright’s church and lying about it.
Congress should have kicked him out but the crap is more concerned about staying in office, overpaid and over pensioned than doing their jobs.
Ain’t nobody gonna do anything, if they were, they would of done it long time ago.
The real reason Congress won’t do anything is they are Socialists at heart. There ideals are the same as Mr.Obama! Proof of this is they have the weight of the Constitution behind them but will not use it because it will hurt what they really stand for. A socialist America. Where the people are inslaved to the Govenment in every part of there lives. I am sorry! but both parties are Traitor’s to America and the Constitution.