Let's start signing this thing, pass it on!!

[Harry Monroe]

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/senator-tom-cottons-letter-iran-direct-violation-logan-act-and-should-be-prosecuted/Wfxgp789

[uppityperson]

1. And here is a pdf of the letter

http://go.bloomberg.com/assets/content/uploads/sites/2/150309-Cotton-Open-Letter-to-Iranian-Leaders.pdf

[OregonBlue]

2. Done.

[The Blue Flower]

3. Done!

They're trying to overthrow our elected government.

[elleng]

4. DONE!

[octoberlib]

5. Done!

[LiberalElite]

6. Signed - but unfortunately I couldn't post to FB - Got 404 Error msg

[kimbutgar]

7. Done

Signed and confirmed. This treasonous behavior can not stand.

[Nite Owl]

8. Done!!

and passed on

[Bobbie Jo]

9. Done

and passed along!

[mcar]

10. Done

[Kingofalldems]

11. Done.

[dirtydickcheney]

12. Done..with pleasure.

[bahrbearian]

13. #1,282

[Cha]

14. Done and Done! Mahalo Harry Monroe

[Hutzpa]

15. #1,360

Done!

[monmouth4]

16. Proudly done...

[justhanginon]

17. signed sealed and delivered! n/t

[groundloop]

18. kicked and done.

[kacekwl]

19. Done

[sarge43]

20. Done

[daleanime]

21. Done....

[billh58]

22. Done! n/t

[dgibby]

23. Done! n/t

[archiemo]

24. Done

[OxQQme]

25. done!

[Sinistrous]

26. Done.

[uhnope]

27. " "

[ms liberty]

28. Done. n/t

[Roy Rolling]

29. Done

Done

[onecaliberal]

30. Done

[Lifelong Protester]

31. Thank you, Done!!

[PADemD]

32. Done

[Thespian2]

33. Done

I don't care which Act they are prosecuted under. Get the DoJ to state issuing indictments for these 47 Republican criminals.

[KMOD]

34. done

[beveeheart]

35. Done plus sent email

to Sen Cory Gardner expressing my disgust with him AGAIN!

[NBachers]

36. Done- I urge everyone who views this page to go sign the petition.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

37. done

[trueblue2007]

38. i signed it

[bigwillq]

39. Done (nt)

[rury]

40. Signed and shared on FB!!

[2naSalit]

41. Signed.

And Thank You!

[Vincardog]

42. signer #2005 here

[Enthusiast]

43. Signed.

[jpak]

44. Done

n/t

[UtahLib]

45. Done. nt

[One of the 99]

46. Done

[jpak]

47. kick

n/t

[GoneOffShore]

48. There is another petition running - same intent

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/immediately-file-charges-against-47-senators-who-have-sent-warning-letter-iran-under-logan-act/0HxPPCnh

[magical thyme]

49. Done. I was 14,500 and something.

I'd like to see millions of sigs on it

[onenote]

50. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll pass.

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]

52. I'm with you. Either there is or is not evidence

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]

55. I don't expect or want

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]

51. Signed

Thanks

[marym625]

53. Did you post this earlier?

I did it from another post. But I didn't see my rec.

[marym625]

54. Holy shit! 418 to go!

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