The Snake Keeper Blog

In Wilson v. Girard,76 The Supreme Court first considered the jurisdiction provisions contained in the administrative agreement. The Court of Justice did not note this and stated that “in the absence of such interventions, the wisdom of the agreement applies exclusively to the determination of the executive and the legislative power”. 79 The Security and Strategy Framework Agreements entered into force on 1 January 2009 following diplomatic exchanges of diplomatic notes between the United States and Iraq. Although the agreements had to be approved at several levels by the Iraqi government, the Bush administration did not submit the agreements to the Senate for consultation and approval as a treaty, nor did it request the legal approval of the agreements by Congress. 1997: Agreements for the activities of US forces on the territory of the Republic of Hungary SOFA generally do not allow specific military operations or missions of US forces. While SOFAs generally offer no combat power, the inherent right to self-defense is not compromised or reduced. == Staff always have the right to defend themselves if threatened or attacked, and a SOFA does not take away this right.32 In the SOFA, there is often a language that defines the scope of the agreement. . . .