"File Charges against the 47 US Senators" Petition has just reached the #1 position in the White House's Roster of Petitions. At 5:33p EST, it has reached 167, 720 petitioners.
SIGN THIS PETITION TO JOIN THE CALL TO FILE CHARGES AND TWEET, FACEBOOK, SHARE, SEND THE LINK TO THE PETITION TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. LOTS OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS!
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
File charges against the 47 U.S. Senators in violation of The Logan Act in attempting to undermine a nuclear agreement.
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.
These numbers have been registered since March 9, 2015 and in two days have not only reached the threshold of what is required (100,00 within a month, by April 8), but have exceeded it by half. And it has become the #1 petition to the White House. It is a very active petition and has another 28 days to go.
As I said in an earlier diary:
There has been a discussion on this site about whether or not the Logan Act applies. It seems to me that (if) "since" the White House got the 100,000 signatures:
1) that it would force it to address this issue of the Logan Act; a test case, if you will, gaining clarification about what this act means vis a vis congresspersons.
2) it would also be a means to make a public statement of protest about what we think of this traitorous behaviour. And to let the public know that we feel that they SHOULD be tried for treason.
3) And even if the Logan Act does not apply, it would be a good tool to remind other representatives, both blue and red, that it will not go well for them if they try to engage in their own brand of treasonous subversion. Hopefully this will put steel in the backs of the Dems to not allow a vote on the Congressional bill to force Congressional approval of the Iran agreement.
4) It would keep the uproar in the news, so that going into elections, anyone (and I'm looking at you Paul and Cruz,) who has had notions of running for president is going to be dogged by chants and placards to remind them of their traitorous behaviour in being part of the "Iranian 47."
So, think about it. I think that the plus' are many in signing this petition.