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[–] RedstoneValley 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

From the article: "It is unlikely the Department would ever pursue action against anyone using the Logan Act, given no one has been convicted of violating the 1799 law"

End of story.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why have a law on the books that does absolutely nothing...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/logan-act-michael-flynn-trump-russia/516774/

From this interview in the Atlantic, looks like the guy being interviewed thinks it's probably not constitutional as written. Basically it could run afoul the first amendment and they'd have to write a more specific law to enforce it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because you don't update the entire law system every year. Some laws were forgotten and no longer in use and that's normal.