Petition seeking treason charges for Iran letter hits 100,000 signatures

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Source: Tampa Sun Times

Backlash continued to mount Tuesday after 47 GOP senators sent to a letter to Iran’s leaders on Monday warning any nuclear deal wouldn’t 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

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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]

1. That is awesome!

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]

2. kick

[marym625]

3. Is this a DUer that started it?

There were a few links to different but very similar petitions today.

Great news. I watched it hit the 100k. Fun stuff

[wordpix]

5. started at Twitter #47Traitors but Bill Kristol et al are having hissyfits @#47Patriots

lmao this as far as I know

[marym625]

7. Thank you!

Awesomeness!

[Yallow]

4. Signed It

Posted to Facebook.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-47-us-senators-violation-logan-act-attempting-undermine-nuclear-agreement/NKQnpJS9

[GetTheRightVote]

6. There is a more serious situation existing in this nation right now...

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]

8. equating neocon warmongering BushCo to Obama is nonsense

nuff said

[wordpix]

9. I must add that Obamacare has helped me tremendously while Bush's wars

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]

14. Where Shall I Begin?

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]

17. Welcome to DU

Glad to you have you here!

[giftedgirl77]

15. Obama worse than Bush???

Most insane post of the day, congratulations.

[Canoe52]

22. Wow

Are you out of touch!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

23. Well, that's a load of crap.

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]

25. Looks like Trumad needs another foray, but into the DU war zone!

[Liberalynn]

31. When PRESIDENT OBAMA

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]

10. Done. At 132,393 now.

[YOHABLO]

11. Oh it won't go anywhere. What are they going to do .. slap them on the wrist?

[SunSeeker]

12. WTF is wrong with the public showing their disgust by way of this Petition? nt

[cynzke]

18. Thats a Great Attitude.

Remain silent and let them get away with this with so much as a peep from voters.

[chillfactor]

13. signed earlier day...

[Skittles]

16. let's list what repukes have gotten away with

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]

19. Petition seeking treason charges for Iran letter hits 100,000 signatures

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. signed and shared yesterday.

[Canoe52]

21. Signed

Just about hitting 136,000 now.

[anotojefiremnesuka]

24. The bar is now about 880,000 signatures seeing that is all that was need for the adminstration to

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]

26. it is easier to rally gun humping paranoid assholes than normal folk

MUCH easier

[magical thyme]

33. actually, they got 80,000. But we probably will need 880,000 for anything to happen. nt

[wordpix]

34. yes, 80,000 but 100,000 is the threshold for...

not sure exactly what ----executive action, maybe?

[magical thyme]

36. a reply. 100,000 is the threshold for a reply from the white house.

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]

27. Signed

For what it is worth.

[hoosierlib]

28. Ditto...

My wife and I signed it, shared it...

[Sancho]

29. Signed...!

[njlib]

30. Just signed

I'm 136,301!!

[magical thyme]

32. closing in on 150,000 so far (almost 147K). Hope it makes 200K today! nt

[Sunlei]

35. oh very cool, petition has enough sigs! wonder who will answer and what the answer will be.

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]

38. Check Your Junk Mail...

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]

39. Thanks :) I've signed lots of petitions at the white house, the petition has the 100k sigs.

The answer will be interesting but I hope it's not something like 'our Gov. elected are immune from 'Logan law'

[Corey_Baker08]

37. IMPORTANT: U MUST CONFIRM SIGNATURE @ LINK IN EMAIL!

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]

40. 80,000 Signature's Stopped An Armor Piercing Bullet From Being Banned...

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]

41. just kicking to keep it front and center nt

[DonRedwood]

42. 173,838 !

[MadashellLynn]

43. 204001 at 2:20 am 3/12/15

I think I was the 01.

[Cha]

44. It's over 200,000 now and the fastest growing WH petition to date.. my son signed when it was

6000!

[Vinca]

45. I rarely sign these things, but I made an exception.

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]

46. I was 209,395 nt

[sendero]

47. I was about...

.... 210,575.

This thing is going viral!

[magical thyme]

48. 250,000+ now

let's make it 300,000 by morning!