Clean Water and the Spruce Mine
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47 Senators Charged With Violating LOGAN ACT | Steves.
The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 30 January 1799, currently codified at 18 U.S.C. �� 953) is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last��.
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Bernie Sanders Explains How 47 Treasonous GOP Senators Tried To Sabotage.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-47-us-senators-violation-logan-act-attempting-undermine-nuclear-agreement/NKQnpJS9 (Sign that Petition) Then here is the Logan Act: THE LOGAN ACT: ���Any citizen of the United States, .
Is the Logan Act Constitutional? - Concurring Opinions
If you construed this statute narrowly (say, to apply to giving the enemy information in wartime), thats one thing, but the Logan Act covers much more. The fact that this was passed by the same Congress that gave us the Alien��.
With their letter to Iran, US senators show chutzpah
As Mr Vladeck wrote on Lawfare, the Logan Act forbids Americans from corresponding with foreign governments with intent to influence. Some critics of Congress say the senators could be prosecuted. Mr Vladeck believes thats possible - but unlikely.
LOGAN ACT GOP Iran ~ Link Vision
Logan Act GOP Iran, Forty-seven Senate Republicans may have broken the law this week. But no ones losing any sleep over it. Pundits and legal scholars are raising questions over whether Sen. Tom Cotton and the 46��.
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Constitution Check: Did the House act illegally in inviting.
The Speaker of the House openly violated the so-called Logan Act that was signed into law and enacted in 1799 by President John Adams and codified in 18 U.S. Code �� 953. The Code addresses precisely what Speaker of��.
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A federal judge said the agency’s decision to revoke a critical permit exceeded its authority and violated federal law.. Federal judge reverses decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to revoke a critical permit for the Spruce No 1 mine in Logan County, W Va, one of the nations largest mountaintop removal mining projects; permit was revoked because the agency found that the mining would have done unacceptable damage to rivers, wildlife and communities.
The Elephant Bar: The LOGAN ACT (1 Stat. 613, 30 January.
The Logan Act has remained almost unchanged and unused since its passage. The act is short and reads as follows: Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or��.
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As (Tufts University professor and Brookings Institution senior fellow) Dan Drezner wrote, I dont think an open letter from members of the legislative branch quite rises to Logan Act violations, but if theres ever a trolling amendment to the Logan.
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The Immoral Minority: MoveOn.org launches petition to hold.
By his inviting a foreign leader to address Congress, John Boehner deliberately dealt in foreign policy and thus violated the Logan Act, thus usurping the powers of the presidency of the United States. In so doing, Boehner��.
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ANSWERING MR. WALLACE
The storm over Mr. Wallace continues in Congress, and it is variously proposed (1) to prosecute him under the Logan Act, (2) to cancel his passport, and (3) to subject him to a vote of Congressional censure. Not one of these three courses, in our judgment, is either wise or warranted.. ed, Answering Mr Wallace
Time To Prosecute House Speaker John Boehner For.
The Speaker of the House openly violated the so-called Logan Act that was signed into law and enacted in 1799 by President John Adams and codified in 18 U.S. Code �� 953. The Code addresses precisely what Speaker of��.
Did Speaker John Boehner break the law in inviting Netanyahu to address.
���The Logan Act is a federal law that makes it a felony for any American citizen to attempt to negotiate with a foreign government or attempt to influence foreign policy without clear authority from the executive branch of the U.S. government. It was.
Republican Congressmen Violated Logan Act By.
Republican Congressmen Violated Logan Act By Negotiating With Foreign Leaders. Has Congress violated the law in their own right? Review the following commentary for discussion in class for Monday March 16th, 2015.
Jonathan Logan: Beyond Go-Go
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A Petition Has Been Launched To Prosecute and Expel John
This week a MoveOn.org petition began circulating for the purpose of prosecuting Speaker of the House John A. Boehner for willfully breaking a federal law when he knowingly violated the 216 year-old Logan Act.
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Why Boehners invite to Netanyahu is unconstitutional
It approved the War Powers Act of 1973 to rein in executive authority and reaffirm its own. Our founders... Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years. The Act is��.
The Logan Act is the Talking Point of Hacks and Morons.
The Logan Act originated in 1799. Not a single person has ever been convicted under the Logan Act. Ironically, the namesake of the law, George Logan, after compelling John Adams to get the act passed, became a United��.
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THIS is a fascinating and important book. Stanislavskys words have been recorded vividly by a student who understood both the theatre and shorthand, a rare combination. In addition, the translator, Miriam Goldina, has a knowledge of the theatre; thus we have transcriptions of the great directors actual words while he is directing and discussing plays.. Gorchakov, N M: Stanislavsky Directs
The Isaac Brock Society | Reed Amendment, LOGAN ACT: why.
Many legal scholars regard the Logan Act as unconstitutional, though recently Drew Tedford (now a lawyer for the Texas Legislative Council) has expressed the opposite opinion in his Houston Journal of International Law��.
7 Times Democrats Advised Americas Enemies to Oppose the President
On Monday, 47 United States Senators sent an open letter to the Iranian regime warning that any deal cut by President Obama could be revoked by Congress. ���The next president,��� the letter stated, ���could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke.
Outrage builds over Senate Republicans letter to Iran leaders
Some academics and bloggers accused the signers of violating the Logan Act, a 1799 law that says its a crime for any unauthorized person to ���commence or carry on any verbal or written correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government��� with the .
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Let Me Finish: The LOGAN ACT
I wonder if the Senators who rushed to sign that letter to the Iranian leaders had read this document, which is known as the Logan Act. It basically says that only the government of the United States is allowed under the law to negotiate with foreign .
Put John Boehner in Prison?
A caller to the Thom Hartmann show on Siriux XMs lefty channel just now wanted to discuss how Democrats could use the Logan Act of 1799 to lock up congressional Republicans for having enthusiastically welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu to the Capitol .
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As (Tufts University professor and Brookings Institution senior fellow) Dan Drezner wrote, ���I dont think an open letter from members of the legislative branch quite rises to Logan Act violations, but if theres ever a trolling amendment to the Logan.
First Draft | Today in Politics: Iran Showdown Brings Obama and Congress to.
Some Democrats went even further and suggested that the letter to Iran could even violate the Logan Act. The act, dating from the administration of John Adams, makes it a crime for an unauthorized American citizen to correspond with a foreign.
Flaunting the LOGAN ACT
I am not a lawyer and I am sure that some legal minds would argue that the Logan Act of 1799 is unconstitutional in the 21st Century. Let us not forget, however, that we are a nation of laws and we cannot choose, like Boehner, which laws we want to follow.
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HoltesThoughts: Arrest Boehner for violating the Logan Act!
Speaker Boehner is essentially admitting/ boasting that hes violating the logan act. Im not sure that Obama can arrest him but he certainly can seek an indictment. This is insurrectionary, subversive and traitorous behavior.
The Parties Role Reversal on Interfering with the Commander-in-Chiefs.
The most predictably hackish party apparatchiks over at MSNBC accused Republicans of ���conducting their own parallel, freelance foreign policy��� and argued that felony charges should be considered under the Logan Act. GOP efforts to sabotage a peace .
The Isaac Brock Society | MoveOn using partisanship to.
With only short-term memory, you can recall that Eric warned us about the danger of old laws (such as CBT or FBAR) lying on the books: ���Reed Amendment, Logan Act: why worry about unenforced and unenforceable laws? ���.
Did Speaker John Boehner Violate the Law in Inviting Netanyahu to Address.
The Logan Act is a federal law that makes it a felony for any American citizen to attempt to negotiate with a foreign government or attempt to influence foreign policy without clear authority from the executive branch of the U.S. government. It was.
Matthews: GOP Letter to Iran Violation of Federal Law
���Let me finish tonight with the language of the Logan Act which Congress passed and the president signed in the earliest days of our republic,��� Matthews said. ���Any citizen of the United States wherever he may be, who without authority of the United.
MoveOn.org Petition Created To Remove Speaker John.
As alleged in the petition created by a ���Mr Nuvolari,��� Speaker Boehner violated the Logan Act and usurped the power delegated to the executive branch by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before��.
What an 18th century non-war with France has to do with the Senates letter to.
The Federalist Party of President John Adams was advocating for war, but Logans visit prompted France to take some actions that defused the situation. Disappointment in Adamss subsequent ramping down of tensions led to the act that bears Logans name.
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mile 181: 47 Senators Violate Logan Act
Those curious about US law may have learned that the 47 Republican senators signing the letter to officials of Iran appear to have violated the Logan Act and be subject to 3 years in prison. So who was Logan and why was��.