But how can a mere executive agreement such as the general agreementGATTnarrow the field of legislation of Congress? Such agreements do not bind Congress. at least that is the usual interpretation. The warning in the State Departments letter must therefore spring from some new doctrine. Under this doctrine that Department could soon become supreme in our Government. What should stop the Department from making international agreements on immigration and then warning Congress against proposed legislation? Or on civil rights or even taxation? There need be no limit to the indirect legislative power that might thus be taken over by the Department of State.
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