In our own history the constitutional mandate that treaties be ratified and confirmed by the Senate has been a most salutary check on executive anarchy in this respect. There has. however. been some difficulty in the field of treaties and executive agreements. As a general rule. however. our national policies as reflected in treaties must be sanctioned by the President and the Senate. and such a course contemplates the treaties covered by commerce. arbitration. and naturalization. The Chief Executive. however. may announce a policy along which he intends to act in the future. and this may become the practice of succeeding Executives. The Monroe Doctrine. for example. was for two generations a pure executive policy. and even the opendoor policy toward China had its beginning as an executive agreement.
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