TRAITORS! (Part Two)

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3. Why 47 Senators Should Be Headed To Prison

By Marty Townsend on March 10, 2015

The Logan Act is pretty simple and easy to understand. It reads:

“18 U.S. Code § 953 – Private correspondence with foreign governments

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”

So what part of that did Senator Tom Cotton fail to grasp when he penned his recent open letter to the Iranian government? There is no fancy-schmancy legal mumbo-jumbo in that wording. Not much room for alternate interpretations. So why the confusion? And why did 46 other senior Senators sign it?

They should have known better.

If anything, I would think that perhaps Mr. Cotton’s letter calls to the citizens of the United States to perhaps consider term limits for our representatives. If they have become so ensconced in their imagined power that he would include this ominous threat, it is evident that they feel they are untouchable:

“Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement. Second, the offices of our Constitution have different characteristics. For example, the president may serve only two 4-year terms, whereas senators may serve an unlimited number of 6-year terms. As applied today, for instance, President Obama will leave office in January 2017, while most of us will remain in office well beyond then—perhaps decades.”

read more: http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/03/10/why-47-senators-should-be-headed-to-prison/