• tate@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Obama is one of the “good guys,” not because he opposes Trump, but because he cares about what’s legal.

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      I mean trump proved the Logan act is completely toothless, if that’s what you’re alluding to. Obama should do it.

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Toothless until a moment like now where the Right controls our entire government. They’d hang him. Sorry, they’d lynch him.

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          The bottom line: While Trump’s actions might be “unseemly,” the history of the Logan Act and the fact that it’s never been legally tested mean that it’s not a “meaningful law” that’s “likely to ever be used, against Trump or anyone else”

          Good enough for me! let’s get to negotiating.

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            There’s a first time for everything. And we’ve had a lot of firsts recently.