Diplomatic Recognition of Kosovo Revisited – A Reply to Steven Searle

A couple weeks ago, I wrote “Diplomatic Recognition for Kosovo,” in which I discussed the US President’s power to extend diplomatic recognition to foreign states. In response, Steven Searle, a Chicago-based write-in candidate for President, wrote “Kosovo and US Presidential Power.”
In this essay, Searle contends that the US Constitution does NOT grant the US President the sole choice of extending or canceling diplomatic recognition of foreign states. He asks “why should we assume that the power to make the ultimate form of treaty (diplomatic recognition) should rest solely in the hands of the President?” He goes on to ask “[i]f …read more