Hard to take your posts serious. I read them all in Joe's drunken sturugllling voice

Hopefully that means that even if Trump's Plumbers stop the leaks the Euros will pick up the slack

If Israel was simultaneously and publicly engaged in acts of espionage to uncover specifically those codes or to force American support of a one-state solution at the threat of the release of destabilizing information, then yes. Notably, Russia was simultaneously and publicly - its own spokesperson confirmed that Russia was in communication with the Trump campaign (remember Paul Manafort?) at this time - engaged in acts of espionage designed to undermine American democracy.

"The term ‘enemies,’ as used in the second clause [of U.S. Const. Art. 3, § 3], according to its settled meaning, at the time the constitution was adopted, applies only to the subjects of a foreign power in a state of open hostility with us." U.S. v. Greathouse (C.C.N.D. Cal. 1863) 26 F.Cas. 18, 22.

Finding a legal definition of "open hostility" is difficult because almost all of the reported cases refer to Japan or Germany during a state of ground war. Can that law be applied to open and ongoing cyber espionage between two states? Why wouldn't it be applied to such a scenario?

I'd argue (obviously) that assisting a foreign government in its attacks upon American political institutions while promising them advantages over America in return is a blatantly obvious example of assisting a foreign "enemy" in an act of cyber warfare and, thus, in an act of war.

I reiterate that the only argument to the contrary that I can even imagine would be a strict constructionist bull**** reading that determines that see, what had happened was, this isn't an "enemy," they're just doing some bad stuff that we always talk about as acts of cyber warfare but not like, you know, "hostility."

And that's ridiculous and stupid.

I don't see why we should give a crap about "the liberal hysteria narrative". We have deferred to the GOP "narrative" for too long. Meanwhile, their 8 years of "conservative hysteria" was pretty effective, don't you think?

It's been less than a month yo.

EDIT: That vox article assumes the "state of declared war" requirement where that requirement is itself not set forth in the Constitution and seems obviously to be incompetent to address the modern world. I disagree with it.

EDIT 2: And, I mean, that article itself takes pains to be careful to note that it still thinks these actions are criminal violations of the Logan Act, acts of espionage, etc., and in fact obviously so. Which is still a bad thing, yes?

LOL

I got cosmic liberal tears as GOAT, just slightly tastier than irradiated liberal tears from the wreckage of a nuclear apocalypse.

Usually one should reserve the word "wow" for things that are in some way surprising.

so who is up next for labor? roger goodell?

Hoya,
What percentage chance do you give initiation of impeachment procedures within the calendar year?

3%, impeachment is really a political process not a legal one. Trump called Cruz's wife ugly and shat on his father's grave, yet Cruz still supported him out of craven opportunism. What is overlooking a little treason in comparison?

One of the Walton heirs

the repub base greatly prefers trump. they are not getting rid of him.

I've got "Assembly Line Robot" at -500

nope.

execute every last mfin one of em.

They absolutely have to know "talking with Russian INTELLIGENCE about sabotaging a Presidential Candidate" is bigly not ok.

Ground troops to Syria possible per CNN

Thank jeebus we faded noted hawk Hillary

LOL I was thinking Daniel Snyder

What do you call the bolded thing?

Simoleon sign

Hillary would've just droned everyone to death like Obama.

Yep - haven't had a good new quagmire in a while. Yeeehawwww!

https://twitter.com/anastasiakeeley/...85849621413888

Zero surprises here with this ****stain.

just a section symbol