Bricker Amendment

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:proposed_constitutional_amendment
gptkbp:concerns presidential overreach in foreign policy
sovereignty of the United States
gptkbp:debatedBy 1950s
gptkbp:failedVote 1954
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_W._Bricker
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkb:John_W._Bricker
1951
gptkbp:purpose limit the president's treaty-making power
restrict executive agreements
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:U.S._Constitution
treaty power
executive agreements
gptkbp:status not adopted
gptkbp:supportedBy isolationists
conservative senators
gptkbp:voteMargin one vote short of required two-thirds majority
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Senator_John_W._Bricker
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bricker Amendment