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cali

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51. uh, no. I posted a wiki article about the Logan Act and how it's been used to make a point
Mon Mar 16, 2015, 08:43 AM
Mar 2015

that it has largely been wielded against dems. It's a bullshit unconstitutional law.

Sigh NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #1
expressive but hardly elucidating cali Mar 2015 #6
No. I will add their moves which should not be separated from the invite to Netanyahu Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #2
You may be right, but Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #3
I'm pretty much w/ you on that point.Repubs have pushed the limits of legality and respect regarding Panich52 Mar 2015 #46
Of course I meant banksters, not bannisters. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #48
A lame duck President directing an unpopular Attorney General to indict half the Senate. name not needed Mar 2015 #4
Absolutely yes! avebury Mar 2015 #5
So if it was say 47 dems who wrote a letter cali Mar 2015 #7
But it wasn't 47 dems that wrote a letter to Iran. People can pretend that is an issue Rex Mar 2015 #9
But we're not at war with Iran, and the Logan Act is unconstitutional. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #10
We are at war with their neighbor did you forget? And the letter can have untold Rex Mar 2015 #12
Again, we're not at war with Iran, GGJohn Mar 2015 #14
Right. Nice try. Again. Rex Mar 2015 #15
Right. Nice try. Again, GGJohn Mar 2015 #19
See post #22 Rex Mar 2015 #23
See post #19. GGJohn Mar 2015 #24
yeah. right. this is about defending the 47 republicans. Fail. Again cali Mar 2015 #20
I know it is. Thanks for admitting it. Rex Mar 2015 #22
gee. you seem not to understand simple English. cali Mar 2015 #26
That is why I sighed...real clear to me too NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #27
We were as much "at war" with the Sandanistas when the Dear Comandante letter onenote Mar 2015 #50
ack. that you think that, is frightening. so the dems who were vocal in opposition cali Mar 2015 #11
Vocal? Did 47 dems send a letter to Saddam Hussein trying to undermine Bush in Iraq? Rex Mar 2015 #13
I'm simply asking you to reflect on a hypothetical that is most certainly not cali Mar 2015 #17
There is a HUGE difference between trying to undermine the POTUS during negotiations with Iran Rex Mar 2015 #21
You now think you can speak for the rest of the world? wow. cali Mar 2015 #25
You sling that word traitor rather loosly. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #33
Bonehead moves seem to be consistently avebury Mar 2015 #28
I can get your frustrated and your perspective is at least in part informed by your living in cali Mar 2015 #34
But it pisses people off to know that their tax dollars are avebury Mar 2015 #38
As another member said, GGJohn Mar 2015 #8
Like, like, like Avebury's comment. kajsa williams Mar 2015 #49
The Logan Act is a red herring These senators likely have full immunity under the Speech and Debate tritsofme Mar 2015 #16
thanks. cali Mar 2015 #18
yes - it would show the repugs that we can't be pushed around samsingh Mar 2015 #29
No not really but it is nice to watch the bastards squirm. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #30
squirm? i hardly think so. onenote Mar 2015 #39
Pelosi: My trip to Syria in 2007 was nothing like the GOP's Iran letter NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #31
be traded to Iran? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #32
You have a major one-letter typo in the title cpwm17 Mar 2015 #35
I see something like this, and I think YarnAddict Mar 2015 #36
Like the Netanyahu speech, the letter was a PR stunt that blew up in their faces. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #37
Yup, as the saying goes, GGJohn Mar 2015 #41
Look, the repubs IMPEACHED! Clinton for a BJ. BillZBubb Mar 2015 #40
And when it's thrown out of court as unconstitutional, then what? eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #45
This is politics. It doesn't matter what the courts do. BillZBubb Mar 2015 #47
Doesn't make any difference to me customerserviceguy Mar 2015 #42
RW talking points about Nancy Pelosi. Kingofalldems Mar 2015 #43
uh, no. I posted a wiki article about the Logan Act and how it's been used to make a point cali Mar 2015 #51
Pass. Fake poll in my opinion. Kingofalldems Mar 2015 #44
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