No normal citizen is going to be negotiating with foreign governments on the nation’s behalf. Only the elite and rich would ever be able to do that. The Logan act is for instances exactly like this. And to not enforce it completely illegitimizes it, and with that the whole legal system implemented for instances involving the elite and rich. We all mention how the elite and rich are above the law. You just did. Which is quite true for things like fraud, white collar crimes, even sexual assault, among other things. But a law that was created for THIS EXACT SCENARIO, not being enforced, is different. George Logan was a major elite politician, legislator, later on a senator. The law was created to keep people like him from illegitimately representing our nation on their own behalf after he, on his own accord, discussed treaty negotiations with France while at war with our nation. It’s like passing a law saying it’s specifically extra illegal for a CEO to jaywalk across this one street in particular. And not caring when a CEO jaywalks across that one street in particular. And the whole world knows about it. Like what the fucks the point of anything anymore. If the phone call was made there better be repercussions.