jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoDid Donald Trump Jr just break the law by meeting with Viktor Orban?www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1295cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1295external-linkDid Donald Trump Jr just break the law by meeting with Viktor Orban?www.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squarekevindqc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoWhy have a law on the books that does absolutely nothing…
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoBecause you don’t update the entire law system every year. Some laws were forgotten and no longer in use and that’s normal.
minus-squareralphio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agohttps://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.
Why have a law on the books that does absolutely nothing…
Because you don’t update the entire law system every year. Some laws were forgotten and no longer in use and that’s normal.
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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.