On Monday, March 9th, 47 Republican
Senators wrote a letter to the government of Iran in an effort to interfere
with and sabotage negotiations between the Obama Administration and the
government of Iran with regard to Iran’s development of nuclear weapons.
Read the text of this letter here: http://go.bloomberg.com/assets/content/uploads/sites/2/150309-Cotton-Open-Letter-to-Iranian-Leaders.pdf
The following Republican
Senators signed this letter. By doing so
may have broken federal law (The Logan Act). If found guilty of this federal crime, these
Senators could be fined and imprisoned for up to three years each. They should also be removed from office.
Senator
Tom Cotton, R-AR
Senator
Orrin Hatch, R-UT
Senator
Charles Grassley, R-IA
Senator
Mitch McConnell, R-KY
Senator
Richard Shelby, R-AL
Senator
John McCain, R-AZ
Senator
James Inhofe, R-OK
Senator
Pat Roberts, R-KS
Senator
Jeff Sessions, R-AL
Senator
Michael Enzi, R-WY
Senator
Michael Crapo, R-ID
Senator
Lindsey Graham, R-SC
Senator
John Cornyn, R-TX
Senator
Richard Burr, R-NC
Senator
John Thune, R-SD
Senator
Johnny Isakson, R-GA
Senator
David Vitter, R-LA
Senator
John A. Barrasso, R-WY
Senator
Roger Wicker, R-MS
Senator
Jim Risch, R-ID
Senator
Mark Kirk, R-IL
Senator
Roy Blunt, R-MO
Senator
Jerry Moran, R-KS
Senator
Rob Portman, R-OH
Senator
John Boozman, R-AR
Senator
Pat Toomey, R-PA
Senator
John Hoeven, R-ND
Senator
Marco Rubio, R-FL
Senator
Ron Johnson, R-WI
Senator
Rand Paul, R-KY
Senator
Mike Lee, R-UT
Senator
Kelly Ayotte, R-NH
Senator
Dean Heller, R-NV
Senator
Tim Scott, R-SC
Senator
Ted Cruz, R-TX
Senator
Deb Fischer, R-NE
Senator
Shelley Moore Capito, R-WV
Senator
Bill Cassidy, R-LA
Senator
Cory Gardner, R-CO
Senator
James Lankford, R-OK
Senator
Steve Daines, R-MT
Senator
Mike Rounds, R-SD
Senator
David Perdue, R-GA
Senator
Thom Tillis, R-NC
Senator
Joni Ernst, R-IA
Senator
Ben Sasse, R-NE
Senator
Dan Sullivan, R-AK
THESE SENATORS VIOLATED THE LOGAN ACT WHEN THEY SIGNED THIS LETTER
§ 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.
1 Stat. 613, January 30, 1799, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953 (2004).
See More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act
OBAMA HAS THE SOLE POWER TO NEGOTIATE WITH IRAN. UNDER FEDERAL LAW NO U.S. CITIZEN--SENATOR OR NOT--CAN INTERFERE WITH THESE NEGOTIATIONS
The President of the
United States has the sole authority to represent the United States in negotiations
with foreign governments, according to a ruling by the Supreme Court in the
case of United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation (1936).
299 U.S. 304
United States v.
Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (No. 98)
Argued: November 19, 20,
1936
Decided: December 21,
1936
14 F. Supp. 230,
reversed.
“[T] he President alone has the
power to speak or listen as a representative of the nation. He makes treaties
with the advice and consent of the Senate; but he alone negotiates. Into the
field of negotiation the Senate cannot intrude, and Congress itself is
powerless to invade it.
Read the full text of the
decision here:
WHAT THESE SENATORS DID IS A DISGRACE TO THE SENATE AND POSSIBLE CRIMINAL ACT
Read more about this
possible criminal act here:
Read Vice President Joe
Biden’s condemnation of the possible criminal behavior of these Republican
Senators here: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/03/09/text-of-joe-bidens-statement-on-senators-letter-to-irans-leaders/
BOTTOM LINE:
The 47 Senators
who signed the letter to Iran should be tried for possibly committing a federal
crime by violating the Logan Act. At a
minimum, these 47 Senators should be censored for conduct unbecoming a U.S.
Senator and for bringing disgrace upon the Senate of the United States.
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