Legal Opinion
Kucinich v. Bush
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 30, 2002No. CIV.A. 02-1137(JDB)ECFPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BATES, District Judge.
Thirty-two members of the House of Representatives (hereinafter “plaintiffs” or “the congressmen”) bring this action against President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (“defendants”) challenging President Bush’s unilateral withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (“ABM Treaty”) without the approval of Congress. The congressmen contend that because the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution classifies treaties, like Acts of Congress, as the “supreme law of the land,” the President…
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