Mark Warner said "Senator, you walk straight into the constitutional separation of powers in your language and you say: The Secretary of State shall--that is a direct order--notify other parties to the Geneva Conventions. You are putting a direct order to the executive branch. I say that is a transgression of the long constitutional history of this country and the doctrine of separation of powers." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 28, 2006

Senator, you walk straight into the constitutional separation of powers in your language and you say: The Secretary of State shall--that is a direct order--notify other parties to the Geneva Conventions. You are putting a direct order to the executive branch. I say that is a transgression of the long constitutional history of this country and the doctrine of separation of powers.

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Mark Warner

Democratic · Virginia

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the separation of powers in relation to a proposed directive to the Secretary of State.

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