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Bookmark or Share- The Logan Act – An Introduction | The Federalist SocietyThe Logan Act, 18 U.S.C. §953, is an old but rarely-invoked federal statute prohibiting unauthorized private diplomacy with foreign nations. The Act provides:
- Conducting Foreign Relations Without Authority: The Logan ActThe Logan Act was intended to prohibit United States citizens without authority from interfering in relations between the United States and foreign governments. There appear to have been no prosecutions under the act in its more than 200-year history.
- Logan Act - WikipediaThe Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799 ()) is a United States federal law that criminalizes negotiation by unauthorized American citizens with foreign governments having a dispute with the United States.
- What Is the Logan Act? - ThoughtCoThe Logan Act of 1799 is an early federal law prohibiting unauthorized diplomacy on behalf of the United States. No one has ever been convicted of violating the Logan Act. Despite never being enforced, the Logan Act remains in effect to this day and is often mentioned in political contexts.
- Logan Act | History and Violations | BritannicaOn January 30, 1799, the Logan Act was thus passed by the U.S. Congress to prevent any individual from corresponding with a foreign government without permission from the U.S. government. The Logan Act has been used in only one indictment (in the early 19th century), but that case was never prosecuted.
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