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Myrina

(12,296 posts)
5. The Logan Act
Wed Mar 11, 2015, 09:52 AM
Mar 2015
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act

"The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799) is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was intended to prohibit unauthorized United States citizens from interfering in relations between the United States and foreign governments.[2] The Act was passed following George Logan's unauthorized negotiations with France in 1798, and was signed into law by President John Adams on January 30, 1799. The Act was last amended in 1994, and violation of the Logan Act is a felony."


Dictionary.com: SEDITION

"se-di-tion
[si-dish-uh n]
noun
1. incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
2. any action, especially in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
3. Archaic. rebellious disorder. "


But, you are correct - Holder doesn't have the balls, even though the grounds are plain as day.
So long as the Republican voters can stand them rock Mar 2015 #1
Unrec. Holder is a liberal hero, some folks smearing him on DU is......interesting. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #2
! Fuddnik Mar 2015 #8
Well he ain't my hero. Hoppy Mar 2015 #11
You say this because your OP was......unclear? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #12
Holder? A liberal hero? GGJohn Mar 2015 #20
if there's nothing he could do why the no balls Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #3
Yup cause your make believe sharp_stick Mar 2015 #4
The Logan Act Myrina Mar 2015 #5
The Logan Act is to all intents and purposes untested TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #6
No, it would be struck down 9-0. former9thward Mar 2015 #16
That was my thinking but I am unschooled in constitutional law TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #17
Q. When in the last 100 years has the Logan Act been used? FSogol Mar 2015 #7
A lot less than the Espionage Act. Fuddnik Mar 2015 #9
When has something like this happened in the last 100 years? Myrina Mar 2015 #14
Actually didn't the Nixon admin contact Vietnam and Reagan made deals with the Iranians? FSogol Mar 2015 #15
Both, but the facts didn't really come out John Poet Mar 2015 #22
Or maybe ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #21
this post is performance art nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #10
My point is to stop useless bloviating about treason and indicting the 47. Hoppy Mar 2015 #13
Shouldn't there be a comma after Balls... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #18
I gotta work on that. You may be correct. Hoppy Mar 2015 #19
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