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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnannotated Title 18. Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 2384. Seditious conspiracy
Keep this in mind as the treasonous Trump supporters call to take up arms
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-18-crimes-and-criminal-procedure/18-usc-sect-2384.html
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Unannotated Title 18. Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 2384. Seditious conspiracy (Original Post)
RAB910
Nov 2020
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marybourg
(12,631 posts)1. Note the repetition of the words "by force"
in the statute. Without force, its merely protected speech.
RAB910
(3,501 posts)4. Yes, the creeps can whine all they want, but the moment they pick up their beloved guns...
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)6. I'd love a recording of the meeting with
The Michigan leaders. Would threats be force. Would bribes be force?
marie999
(3,334 posts)7. In both instances there is a comma before the word "or".
That separates what comes after the comma from the others. "By force" and "without force" only applies to that one part. Where commas are used is very important, its use in the 2nd Amendment allows civilians to own weapons.
judesedit
(4,438 posts)3. Make an example of just one and they'll fall like the snowflakes they are
They are a bunch of pansies and are scared to death of going to jail.
RAB910
(3,501 posts)5. I agree, they are all cowards and pathetic losers at heart
BComplex
(8,049 posts)8. There are lots of ways to "force" something other than by armed insurgence.
Just sayin'.