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ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:40 PM Mar 2015

Sign the petition against the #47 traitors.

On March 9th, 2015, forty-seven United States Senators committed a treasonous offense when they decided to violate the Logan Act, a 1799 law which forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years.

At a time when the United States government is attempting to reach a potential nuclear agreement with the Iranian government, 47 Senators saw fit to instead issue a condescending letter to the Iranian government stating that any agreement brokered by our President would not be upheld once the president leaves office.

This is a clear violation of federal law. In attempting to undermine our own nation, these 47 senators have committed treason.


https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-47-us-senators-violation-logan-act-attempting-undermine-nuclear-agreement/NKQnpJS9

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Sign the petition against the #47 traitors. (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Mar 2015 OP
Signed. snacker Mar 2015 #1
Signed. Delphinus Mar 2015 #2
signed KelleyD Mar 2015 #3
Done! shraby Mar 2015 #4
Done! B Calm Mar 2015 #5
#47traitors is the #1 trend on twitter right now. this is blowing up in Cotton's face Takket Mar 2015 #6
yeah, even the righty tightys are pissed over this. ghostsinthemachine Mar 2015 #7
96,112 signatures at this time (8:00 PM, 3/10/15) Sinistrous Mar 2015 #8
Incredible, when the petition started yesterday... android fan Mar 2015 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Sinistrous Mar 2015 #14
Wow - over 100K sigs in just two days! nt procon Mar 2015 #10
done! hopemountain Mar 2015 #11
Signed! smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #12
Signed it. n/t eaglecries Mar 2015 #13
Done, K&R denbot Mar 2015 #15
Done NYFlip Mar 2015 #16
K&R B Calm Mar 2015 #17
woo hoo!!!! napkinz Mar 2015 #18
273,016 nt flying rabbit Mar 2015 #19

Response to Sinistrous (Reply #8)

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
18. woo hoo!!!!
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 02:09 PM
Mar 2015
Over 239,000 Americans Sign Petition Demanding Treason Charges Against GOP Senators Behind Iran Letter

March 13, 2015

The Republican’s effort to torpedo the ongoing negotiations between President Obama and the Iranian Government by sending a traitorous letter to the Iranians has backfired in a spectacular way. As a result of the letter, over 200,000 Americans are now calling for charges of treason to be filed against the 47 Republican senators who signed the letter.

A petition filed with whitehouse.gov on Monday has more than 200,000 signatures as of mid-Thursday afternoon. Just to be clear; various right-wing rallies planned days in advance could only dream of this sort of turn out.

The White House must respond to any petition that gets 100,000 signatures in 30 days. This one netted more than twice that in four.

The petition calls for the rogue senators to be charged under the Logan Act, which dates from 1799 and forbids unauthorized citizens, including senators, from negotiating with foreign governments. Now, the law is out-of-date and probably wouldn’t be applicable in court, but the sheer volume of signatures means the White House will have to add its own response.

-snip-

At any rate, it’s clear that Americans have had enough of these destructive maneuvers and are demanding that something be done to reign in the anti-American Kamikaze Caucus-mentality that’s metastasized the Republican party.

http://aattp.org/over-239000-americans-sign-petition-demanding-treason-charges-against-gop-senators-behind-iran-letter/

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