But treaties are also trickier to come by, because they need Senate approval. That is one reason why presidents in recent decades have opted for executive agreements, which typically donât require congressional input. But they carry a major drawback: they can be reversed by the next president.
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Blackmail, legally called extortion, is a crime where an individual or group threatens to reveal personal information of an embarrassing nature to the general public unless they are compensated in some way, shape or form. This is different from other crimes, legally speaking.