Cotton wanted to "automatically" punish family members of people who violate U.S. sanctions

[DonViejo]

While he was a Congressman he introduced this...and he calls himself a constitutional lawyer.

Tom Cotton 'Corruption Of Blood' Bill Would Convict Family Members Of Iran Sanctions Violators

Posted: 05/22/2013 6:36 pm EDT Updated: 05/23/2013 2:52 pm EDT

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Wednesday offered legislative language that would "automatically" punish family members of people who violate U.S. sanctions against Iran, levying sentences of up to 20 years in prison.

The provision was introduced as an amendment to the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, which lays out strong penalties for people who violate human rights, engage in censorship, or commit other abuses associated with the Iranian government.

Cotton also seeks to punish any family member of those people, "to include a spouse and any relative to the third degree," including, "parents, children, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, grandparents, great grandparents, grandkids, great grandkids," Cotton said.

"There would be no investigation," Cotton said during Wednesday's markup hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "If the prime malefactor of the family is identified as on the list for sanctions, then everyone within their family would automatically come within the sanctions regime as well. It'd be very hard to demonstrate and investigate to conclusive proof."

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[Spacemom]

1. you know who else does this?

North Korea.

[Fearless]

7. Iran?

[shadowmayor]

2. Excellent!

Didn't Dick Cheney as head of Halliburton have subsidiaries illegally doing business with both Iraq and Iran when sanctions were imposed? If so, I say lock up the whole rotten Cheney clan with no investigations as the idiot Senator stipulated.

Methinks this would be a good start!!!

[oldandhappy]

3. gag And he wants to be the decider, I suppose.

Does he have any idea what it costs to keep someone in prison for a year?

This excuse for a man needs to see billboards of himself saying, "It'd be very hard to demonstrate and investigate to conclusive proof."

I will stop now!

[TexasProgresive]

4. Just learning from the IDF

A Palestinian commits an act of terrorism and the IDF destroys his family's home.

[meow2u3]

8. It's always the victim's fault

Thus says any tinhorn dictator who ever lived.

[Sunlei]

5. must have been a slaughterfest the 4 or 5 years Mr. Cotton was in the military killing people.

[Dawson Leery]

6. How many innocent Iraqi childrend did he slaughter under this policy?