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TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)
6. The Logan Act is to all intents and purposes untested
Wed Mar 11, 2015, 10:09 AM
Mar 2015

It has seldom been invoked and in this case would surely be fast tracked to the Supreme Court where it would be struck down 5 to 4. Charging the 47 with treason high or otherwise will only cause more and perhaps mortal damage to the union of the United States. The only plan that is sensible is to recall and defeat them at the polls. If that cannot work then we are in the deepest of trouble.

I hate what the 47 and the repukes have done to our country but I would hate even more the dissolution of "The Great Experiment" that is our nation. There are some here at DU and some freeper types that would relish the complete breakdown of the country and revolution, but history shows that the outcome of revolution is seldom what the proponents desired. Kill the Tzar and be taken over by Lenin then Stalin. Behead Louis and Marie Antoinette and get the reign of terror which lasts until its architect Robespierre falls under the blade.

Somehow we need to follow Benjamin Franklin advice, "We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately." I would hope that we can evolve to the level of being able to eliminate internal strife without having an external enemy, but that seems to be ingrained in human nature.

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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