Posted on 03/09/2015 8:22:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
It would be wonderful to turn the mirror right back at um.
Or, if you wish, there is still the ever-faithful ‘motard’ still operative. :0)
“47 Republicans May Have Just Broken the Law By Writing An Outrageous Letter To Iran”
It’s about darn time.
Besides, I thought Democrats had no problem with breaking the law.
Actually the Constitution gives the Executive Branch the sole power to negotiate treaties, and the Senate power to accept or squelch.
In regards to where “does it say they have authority”? You should look up the Law of Agency and Apparent or Implied Authority.
This is a bad precedent and if the Dems do it to a Pres. Cruz or Walker, or whoever, we will be hollering. Not good PR, and not effective for any purpose.
“Is there any law against a group of Senators writing a letter to the Iranian government?”
Is there a law against anyone writing a letter to the Iranian government?
They hate the competition. And anyhow why did it take this long after the Bibi visit for the carping to begin? Aren’t they a bit slow on the draw?
When Ted Kennedy conspired with the Soviets to undo Reagan he wasn’t charged why should they charge our side?
I’d be curious just how constitutional this Act is anyhow. A First Amendment challenge could send it the way of the Alien and Sedition Act.
“You should look up the Law of Agency and Apparent or Implied Authority.”
And then what? Do you have a point to make? Are we supposed to guess what it is? Not interested.
What, did the GOP try to send it by snail mail and it got dinged by the USPS for insuffiecient postage?
I don’t know all the ins and outs. A general letter to the US public in the New York Times or something like that, would make the point nicely.
At least if Democrats did this they would be constitutional for a change.
While you make a good point, I think it's pretty clear that the Senators didn't break the law the writer is citing. The terms "correspondence" and "intercourse" are used. The senators did not correspond with Iran: They sent a notice. They are not expecting or desiring a reply or to engage in any kind of negotiation. The writer is either being disengenuous or an idiot.
The law is meant to cover situations such as John Kerry negotiating with the North Vietnamese in Paris.
The poster asked a question about authority. I gave him/her a place to find the answer.
Try not to interrupt when the adults are talking.
Compare that letter with the letter that Harry Reid wrote to about Rush Limbaugh, where he used his Senate position to stifle the expression of free speech of an American citizen.
Clean up in aisle 13. Another liberal has crapped himself.
Like the law, protocol is pretty much in tatters. What we have is the legislative branch moving into the vacuum left by the executive branch neglecting or abdicating its responsibilities, because SOMEBODY has to be the adult in the room.
And Iran sure is not.
Considering their support for gun control, it is evident that blacks consider violent crime to be a legitimate career path, and armed victims to be an OSHA violation.
Uh, Senator Biden in 2002, sent a letter to the Russian leadership saying almost the same thing.
History is a drag for rags like this.
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