The Daily Banter has the article 47 Republicans May Have Just Broken the Law By Writing An Outrageous Letter To Iran. I particularly like the opening paragraph of the article.
Just when you thought congressional Republicans couldn’t look any more like a troupe of treacherous clowns hellbent on circus-ifying anything President Obama tries to do, they pull another bag of tricks from the trunk of their tiny car.
The Daily Banter has a related article Why the White House Won’t Pursue GOP Senators’ Iran Letter As Logan Act Violation.
However, such an uphill fight would not be worth the gamble, politically, and under the current set of facts, the White House is getting the best of both words.
I agree that the Whitehouse might see it this way, but I completely disagree that this attitude is correct.
As I said in my previous post 47 Senators Charged With Violating Logan Act,
I would like to see Obama have FBI agents record interviews with each one of these Senators to verify that they approved adding their names to the letter. If they did approve, then they can be charged. If they say they didn’t approve, but it can be proved that they did, then they can also be charged with lying to the FBI. It would be fun to see if Mitch McConnell can maintain his position of majority leader in the Senate if 47 of his Senators are taken away to jail.
There comes point when the President has to say enough is enough. He follows a dangerous path if he fails to act against these Senators.
Please sign the Whitehouse petition mentioned in my previous post Senator Tom Cotton’s letter to Iran is a direct violation of the Logan Act and should be prosecuted. The least we can do to try to regain some control over our government is to sign a petition. It is even easier than dragging yourself to the polls to vote.
Your might have heard of this right that you have:
the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
In this age of the internet, you don’t even have to physically assemble.