Donald Trump continues to avoid taking action regarding the fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The phone call to the Saudi royal family Trump promised on Friday hasn't happened.
Perhaps Congress can intervene. Article 1 Section 8 Clause 10 of our Constitution assigns to Congress the responsibility to punish ... offenses against the law of nations. If we read that last phrase as international law, we can legitimately conclude that the United States has not only a legal but also an ethical interest in the Khashoggi case.
Unfortunately, it's as unlikely that the current Republican-dominated House of Representatives, or its similarly dominated Committee on Foreign Affairs, will take any more action in this matter than has Mr. Trump. Yet another scenario in which 23 or more additional Democratic Representatives might make a difference.
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