‘Death by hanging’: GOP ‘should have thought about’ treason penalty, radio host warns

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4. "There is no doubt whatsoever that they violated this act."

Really, on what do you base that statement? It takes quite some gumption to make such an unqualified declaration about a law that has been the subject of one indictment and no convictions in over 215 years, a law that many legal scholars (progressive legal scholars I might add) have concluded is unconstitutional, a law that the State Department, whose views on the matter should and would be given great weight, has regarded for 40 years as not applying to situations like this.

I'm curious whether you also think that the Logan Act was, "no doubt whatsoever" violated by the ten Democrats who signed the "Dear Comandante" letter to Daniel Ortega in 1984. Just to be clear, I don't think it was even though it sought to undermine the (wrongheaded) Reagan policy of supporting the contras. Of course, Newt Gingrich and company thought it was. But even they backed down from bringing charges, largely in light of the State Department's position.