...and balances. Bearing that in mind, I take it you disagree with Thomas Jefferson who said in 1790, The transaction of business with foreign nations is...department except as to such portions of it as are especially submitted to the Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly. Or I take it you disagree...

...April 24, 1790, Jefferson wrote in a carefully drafted legal opinion prepared for President Washington: The Constitution has divided the powers of government...submitted to the Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly.132 Note Jefferson's use of the term "negative" to describe the Senate's foreign affairs role....

...submitting only special articles of it to a negative by the Senate; and it has vested the Judicial power in the courts of justice, with certain exceptions...department, except as to such portions of it as are 172 Q. Wright, The Control of American Foreign Relations 147 (1922). Professor Wright adds: "In foreign...

...who founded our University. Let me read to you what Mr. Jefferson wrote on April 24, 1790. He wrote, "The transaction of business with foreign nations...Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly." In this case, Jefferson was talking about the Senate. He obviously would have included the Congress....

...two arch rivals in the initial Government, strongly agreed on this subject. Jefferson, in 1790, said, "The transaction of business with foreign nations...portions of it as are specially submitted to the Senate. The exceptions are to be construed strictly." The same theme of exceptions to Executive power being...

...interpreted exceptions expressly given to the Senate (or Congress). On April 24, 1790, Jefferson wrote: The Constitution has divided the powers of government...Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly." Note Jefferson's use of the term "negative" to describe the Senate's foreign affairs role. Although...

...interpreted exceptions expressly given to the Senate (or Congress). On April 24, 1790, Jefferson wrote: The Constitution has divided the powers of government...submitted to the Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly.89 Note Jefferson's use of the term "negative" to describe the Senate's foreign affairs role....

...Representatives. It has declared that the Executive powers shall be vested in the President, submitting special articles of it to a negative by the Senate,...the Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly. 2i . President Washington agreed with Jefferson's analysis, and according to his diary raised the issue...

...Diplomatic Appointments, April 24, 1790, in 16 The Pacers of Thomas Jefferson 378, 379 (J. Boyd ed. 1961) ("The transaction of business with foreign nations...Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly.") (emphasis in original). Thus, while the Senate shares in the power to appoint ambassadors, it does...

..."The transaction of business with foreign nations is Executive altogether. It belongs then to the heed of that department, except as to such portions of...Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly." Julian P. Boyd (ed), The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 16, p. 379 (1961). B1See, eg, Gaillard Hunt...