NEW YORK SUN
Editorial Board
July 24, 2015

It’s astonishing that, with a showdown looming over the Iran pact, we haven’t heard more about the League of Nations. That was the scheme — inked after World War I — to set up an international governing organization. It was the 14th of the 14 Points that President Woodrow Wilson proffered at Paris during the parley in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. The result was the first peace treaty ever rejected in the United States Senate, which feared for our sovereignty. The fate of the pact is full of lessons as Congress prepares to debate the deal that President Obama has struck with the ayatollahs. It is a reminder that the United States Congress, to which the Constitution grants the bulk of the enumerated foreign policy powers, is not to be taken for granted. That is precisely what President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry have done in pursuit of an intergovernmental agreement in respect of appeasing Iran…Mr. Obama has chosen not to submit the matter to the Congress as a Treaty, but that only underscores his lack of confidence in his ability to win support. As it now stands, it’s possible that a majority of one or both houses may vote against it. READ MORE