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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/senator-tom-cottons-letter-iran-direct-violation-logan-act-and-should-be-prosecuted/Wfxgp789uppityperson
(115,683 posts)OregonBlue
(7,760 posts)The Blue Flower
(5,458 posts)They're trying to overthrow our elected government.
elleng
(131,735 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)kimbutgar
(21,344 posts)Signed and confirmed. This treasonous behavior can not stand.
Nite Owl
(11,303 posts)and passed on
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)and passed along!
mcar
(42,534 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,555 posts)dirtydickcheney
(242 posts)bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)Cha
(298,524 posts)Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)Done!
monmouth4
(9,732 posts)justhanginon
(3,292 posts)groundloop
(11,552 posts)kacekwl
(7,037 posts)sarge43
(28,949 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)billh58
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(2,550 posts)Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)uhnope
(6,419 posts)ms liberty
(8,659 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,953 posts)Done
onecaliberal
(33,097 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)PADemD
(4,482 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)I don't care which Act they are prosecuted under. Get the DoJ to state issuing indictments for these 47 Republican criminals.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)beveeheart
(1,373 posts)to Sen Cory Gardner expressing my disgust with him AGAIN!
NBachers
(17,233 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)trueblue2007
(17,270 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)rury
(1,021 posts)2naSalit
(87,216 posts)And Thank You!
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)jpak
(41,763 posts)n/t
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)One of the 99
(2,280 posts)jpak
(41,763 posts)n/t
GoneOffShore
(17,348 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)I'd like to see millions of sigs on it
onenote
(42,949 posts)Apart from being pointless, a petition drive as a basis for criminal prosecution strikes me a particularly bad idea. Let's imagine that the repubs start a petition campaign to prosecute some administration official for "lying to Congress" or some such. Do you really think that the number of people making such a demand should play any role whatsoever in whether a prosecution should be initiated.
And what exactly is the follow up once the petition is ignored, as it will be.
A new petition demanding that the President be impeached for abetting a Logan Act violation after the fact?
The letter is, as it should, blowing up in the repubs face. Why make a demand for a prosecution that will never happen and in so doing change the narrative? Have you ever heard of the Dear Comandante letter? If you haven't, you probably will since the more people talk about the Logan Act, the more likely it is that the Dear Comandante letter -- which most people have forgotten about -- will be raised.
But this is just my view. Others may disagree.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,188 posts)sufficient to support prosecution, and a petition won't make it happen. In over 200 years nobody has ever been convicted for a Logan Act violation - a guy was indicted in 1803 but never tried. I'd rather watch the GOPers make asses of themselves internationally, as they are doing now, than have them prosecuted, probably unsuccessfully, in a proceeding that they would claim was politically motivated.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Prosecution based on a petition. I do not believe for a minute that anyone will be prosecuted.
However, I believe that the petition itself sends a message to these Republicans, it will be addressed by the WH (all petitions with over 100k signatures in fewer than 30 days) and it let's our party know that we want a strong, unwavering, united response from Democrats.
I do want cotton prosecuted. Regardless of anything else. Let him continue to hang himself and then prosecute.
Just my 2 cents
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Thanks
marym625
(17,997 posts)I did it from another post. But I didn't see my rec.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 10, 2015, 09:02 PM - Edit history (1)
There are multiple petitions with the same intent.
This one has over 105k in less than a day
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/file-charges-against-47-us-senators-violation-logan-act-attempting-undermine-nuclear-agreement/NKQnpJS9