suckabee banders "Are you aware of 18 US section 227?" And read it to her and her statements about the ESPN reporter.

To the extent Huckabee (I assume you mean Sarah not her dad, who isn't a member or employee of Congress or an executive branch employee) sought through their comments to influence the NFL's employment decisions, they didn't do so "solely" on the basis of partisan political affiliation (i.e., what party one professes to be a member of). And the attempt to influence wasn't backed up by taking or withholding, or offer or threat to take or withhold, any official government action or the exercise of influence (or an offer or threat to influence) the official government act of another.


I wish folks would stop repeating the section 227 claim without bothering to read the actual words of the statute.

That is where I got it from.

Link to tweet

Otherwise, it doesn't mean a thing.

By the way, this isn't a question of constitutional law, it's a statutory application/interpretation issue.

And while Tribe (who sometimes represents progressive causes but other times, particularly when it comes to environmental issues, does not) has frequently prevailed in Supreme Court arguments, he's far from infallible, having lost more than one-third of the cases he has argued.