This post-mortem film taken in a patient with severe blunt trauma to the chest and a left tension pneumothorax illustrates the classic features of a tension: 1  Deviation of the trachea away from the side of the tension.  Shift of the mediastinum.
The Constitution gives the President the power to commit the United States to treaties â but only with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the US Senate, and only if the agreement does not contravene the Constitution. The process to ratify a treaty may be lengthy, but it is relatively straight forward:
Distinctions among the three concern their method of ratification: by two-thirds of the Senate, by normal legislative process, or by the President alone, respectively. The Treaty Clause empowers the President to make or enter into treaties with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate. In contrast, normal legislation becomes law after approval by simple majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives and the signature of the President.