Petition seeking treason charges for Iran letter hits 100,000 signatures
Source: Tampa Sun Times
Backlash continued to mount Tuesday after 47 GOP senators sent to a letter to Irans leaders on Monday warning any nuclear deal wouldnt be valid without congressional approval.
Not only was a White House petition started urging charges be filed against against the 47 U.S. senators in violation of The Logan Act in attempting to undermine a nuclear agreement, but by Tuesday night, it had hit the 100,000 signature threshold required for an official response from the White House.
The Logan Act, which was enacted in 1799, states 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.
The authors of the petition make their case by saying 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.
Read more: http://tampa.suntimes.com/national-politics/7/72/769233/petition-charge-iran-letter-senators-treason
Actually, as of this writing at 1:26 am ET, the number of signatures is 130,261. Add yours here:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-47-us-senators-violation-logan-act-attempting-undermine-nuclear-agreement/NKQnpJS9
This is exciting news! Let's hear it for social media
herding cats
(19,567 posts)I was on it before it was a "thing" for once.
Thanks DU, and thanks to all who have taken the time to sigh.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)There were a few links to different but very similar petitions today.
Great news. I watched it hit the 100k. Fun stuff
wordpix
(18,652 posts)lmao this as far as I know
marym625
(17,997 posts)Awesomeness!
Yallow
(1,926 posts)GetTheRightVote
(5,287 posts)We are losing our form of governance due to run away Presidents like Bush and now Obama. One is no better then the other, both tried to rule over an whole nation of people with little regards to the common welfare of all citizens not only those belonging to one party over the other. People our nation is in some serious trouble here...President Obama has done far worst then President Bush who set all this up to begin with.
We should not hope for one person to tell a whole nation what he is going to order us all to do, governance of our nation should be done thru all 3 branches of our government frame. We are losing America behind these parties and their crowned rulers they keep putting in place to take her from us all. Wake up and think Country before party or we are doom to keep losing her behind a party system which could care less about any of us, Wake Up people!
wordpix
(18,652 posts)nuff said
wordpix
(18,652 posts)cost the nation trillion$ and got me/US nowhere except for empty pockets paying for these wars while the neocons didn't bother to send their sons. Just send the poor overseas to do Big Oil's and the MIC's bidding. Disgusting, and not one of them is in jail. Your post was nothing but bullshit. Start reading and get away from whatever RW propaganda you're swallowing.
Yallow
(1,926 posts)Obama worse than Bush in what?
(crickets chirping)
Since I have 2 major health problems, trying to take away my Obamacare is attempted murder.
I can only thank President Obama for the progress he has made with zero Republican help, and 100%
Republican obstruction. America still has a long ways to go to end wealth disparity and it will never
get better with Repubiscum only trying to make it worse every single day with every single action.
It's like the Republicans only work for billionaires, since every single thing they support only benefits
billionaires.
Name one thing Republicans support that is better for my family than it is for billionaires.
(crickets chirping)
By the way GetTheRightVote. Go back to skewl and lern ta spel.
LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)Glad to you have you here!
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Most insane post of the day, congratulations.
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)Are you out of touch!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)President Obama is doing his job as president and is not "telling a whole nation what he is going to order us to do."
Good grief.
BumRushDaShow
(129,445 posts)Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)lies to get this country into a war with another country and thousand of American soldiers die needlessly then we will talk about whose worse, until then bye, bye.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)cynzke
(1,254 posts)Remain silent and let them get away with this with so much as a peep from voters.
chillfactor
(7,584 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)stealing a presidential election, allowing the biggest terrorist attack in American history, starting wars based on lies, drowning a city, crashing the economy........they'll get away with this shit too
The CCC
(463 posts)I'm trying to imagine what would have happen if in the war of 1812 a group of US Senators sent a letter to King George III telling him not to trust President James Madison. That they would unilaterally change the Treaty of Paris if they didn't like it.
A Gibbet comes to mind
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Canoe52
(2,949 posts)Just about hitting 136,000 now.
anotojefiremnesuka
(198 posts)change their mind, back down and ignore the current laws on the banning of certain ammo.
But like usual nothing will be done by this administration, course this admiration always backs down to white folks with guns, easier to bust folks will a little weed instead.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)MUCH easier
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)not sure exactly what ----executive action, maybe?
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)I was simply corrected the poster's numbers. Poster stated they got 880,000 sigs. They did not. They got 80,000. About 800,000 less that claimed.
Lunabell
(6,105 posts)For what it is worth.
hoosierlib
(710 posts)My wife and I signed it, shared it...
Sancho
(9,070 posts)njlib
(891 posts)I'm 136,301!!
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I signed but still wait for email verify your signature.
happy President Obama started this petition place on white house.gov, wish there were less sigs needed.
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)If you still haven't received the confirmation email please go back & re-sign the petition making sure there's no typos in ur email address...
THANKS FOR SIGNING
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)The answer will be interesting but I hope it's not something like 'our Gov. elected are immune from 'Logan law'
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)Or it will not be counted. After signing this petition you are required to go to your email account where you will have received an email asking you to simply click on a link that will verify your signature...
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)Our voice's on this issue should speak a hell of a lot louder, We have 160,000+ & growing signatures compared to the 80,000 it took to sway the Government from enacting a ban on a type of bullet that could have saved many in the Law Enforcement Community's lives...
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)MadashellLynn
(411 posts)I think I was the 01.
Cha
(297,655 posts)6000!
Vinca
(50,303 posts)Nothing will come of it, but at least I'll be on a list of people who are saying it's not okay and shouldn't be tolerated. If they won't try the Bushies for war crimes, the GOP can pretty much set up their own government and negotiate treaties.
duhneece
(4,117 posts)sendero
(28,552 posts).... 210,575.
This thing is going viral!
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)let's make it 300,000 by morning!