Will Holder Act on the Logan Act?

When federal law is violated, it is the responsibility of the Attorney General to indict those violating the law. That seems simple enough. There should be no question.

But, will Eric Holder indict the 47 ~~senators~~ scofflaws that, in their contempt for the Constitution, the law, the president and the nation, arrogantly demonstrated their ignorance of the Constitution, the law and their role as “public servants.”

Since our “servants” in Washington see both themselves and their putative adversaries as some special breed, it is exceedingly rare for any to be subjected to the laws, as we, their subjects, are.

Many have lately thrown around the term ‘traitor.’ I don’t consider these clowns much above qualifying for that but, as we are not actively engaged in a war, as delineated by the Constitution, there can be no treason. However, they are illegals.

The 47 bozos broke the law, specifically, the Logan Act. And that would be . . . ?

The Logan Act

§ 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.

This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.

In United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp., 299 U.S. 304 (1936), Justice Sutherland, writing for the Court, observed,

“The 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. As Marshall said in his great argument of March 7, 1800, in the House of Representatives, ‘The President is the sole organ of the nation in its external relations, and its sole representative with foreign nations.’

Did they violate the law? To anyone not a member of that elite group of “servants,” it would appear so. Again, it seems simple enough even for those benighted dolts that receive a paycheck from us. Will they be indicted? Not even when pigs fly. The refusal of the attorney general to prosecute will simply compound the problem. The blindfold on Lady Justice rotted off long ago. Also, her vicinity could benefit from several gallons of Febreze™.

Being a mere mortal, perhaps I’m missing something. However, indicting and convicting them should be a slam-dunk, as they bragged so openly about their achievement.

Convicting them would provide the citizenry a couple of important advantages. The most obvious one is that we would rid ourselves, for up to 3 years or even permanently, of a great deal of the infestation from which our capitol has suffered, lo, these many years.

Additionally, it might have a salutary effect, in that those inclined to indulge in such stunts, based on juvenile ideology, ignorance, ego, ambition and racism would actually think about the consequences . . . to themselves, as the damages to the country are obviously of no concern to them.

Were Mr. Holder to surprise us with evidence of a regard for the law and a backbone, simply preparing the indictments might cause Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to move on the nomination of Loretta Lynch for attorney general. The delay of several months is unconscionable. Mitch might rush the nomination, with unanimous support from the GOP in hopes of replacing Holder before he could complete the paperwork and hoping that Miss Loretta would forget that little contretemps in the confusion of settling in to a new job.

It won’t happen but it would be entertaining. After all, if we can get nothing else from those refugees from sanity, it would be nice to be entertained.

Update: It is now deemed appropriate for senators to usurp the prerogative of the president to speak for the nation on foreign affairs, if the senators are white and the president is black.