From James Tyson
You report that “In a snub to President Bush, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and British prime minister Tony Blair signed a pact on 31 July to explore ways to combat global warming” (5 August, p 5).
This was, in fact, a snub to the US constitution, which includes at Article 1, Section 10 that “no state shall, without the consent of Congress…enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power”. Governor Schwarzenegger’s act will not stand up to a legal challenge.
Fairfax, Virginia, US
