In Beacon Products Corp. v. Reagan, 633 F. Supp. 1191, 1198-99 (D. Mass. 1986), aff'd on other grounds, 814 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1987), the court relied on the plurality opinion in Goldwater to hold that a constitutional challenge to President Reagan's unilateral termination of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with Nicaragua, without congressional consent, raised a political question.
Summary of this case from Kucinich v. Bush, (D.C.2003)In Beacon Products Corp. v. Reagan, 633 F. Supp. 1191, 1198-99 (D. Mass. 1986), aff'd on other grounds, 814 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1987), the court relied on the plurality opinion in Goldwater to hold that a constitutional challenge to President Reagan's unilateral termination of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with Nicaragua, without congressional consent, raised a political question.
Summary of this case from Kucinich v. Bush, (D.C.2003)Full title:BEACON PRODUCTS.C.ORP., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ronald Wilson REAGAN, et…
Court:United States District Court, D. Massachusetts
Date published: Apr 28, 1986
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