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Cirsium

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58. Exactly

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:45 AM

12 hrs ago

So, in your opinion, if a war is not officially declared, does that mean that committing treason is not possible?

Here are a few of the words capitalized in the Constitution despite not being proper nouns and despite occurring in the middle of a sentence: Powers, Members, Year, Qualifications, Age, Citizen, Least, Vacancies... why is that? (I am still in the first article, ther are many, many more examples.)

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It's TREASON not sedition [View all] 4bonhoffer Wednesday OP

the 'obvious treason' - would be the picture on the wall .. ? stopdiggin Wednesday #1

Treason is narrowly defined Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #2

Really? Cirsium Wednesday #7

Did Jane Fonda get charged with treason? How about the Rosenbergs? Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #12

lol Cirsium Wednesday #14

She went to Hanoi and had photo ops with various NVA officials Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #15

I know what she did Cirsium Wednesday #16

You don't know the difference between adversary and enemy, do you? Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #17

Sure Cirsium Wednesday #19

Was he convicted of "aiding and abetting an enemy"? Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #21

Goalposts moved again Cirsium Wednesday #22

The goalposts remain the same Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #23

I didn't say that Cirsium Wednesday #24

Oh brother Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #29

It was a serious question Cirsium Thursday #30

I answered your serious, "innocent" question several times Fiendish Thingy Thursday #32

Facts Cirsium Thursday #40

Facts are good Fiendish Thingy Thursday #42

The last 100 years? Cirsium Thursday #45

*sigh* go reread my post Fiendish Thingy Thursday #47

Exactly Cirsium 12 hrs ago #58

This is my opinion: Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #61

Very good Cirsium 11 hrs ago #62

When it comes to criminal prosecution, the US Code overrules Merriam-Webster Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #63

Why the insults? Cirsium 10 hrs ago #64

I've read all your posts in this thread, and I didn't know any of them were "tongue in cheek" until I came to this one. ShazzieB Thursday #48

When Jane Fonda was president? Cirsium Thursday #49

Oh, I forgot about that one. ShazzieB 22 hrs ago #51

Thanks Cirsium 12 hrs ago #57

Youxre welcume. ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #65

Waging war against the US -- Does that have to be wnylib 14 hrs ago #54

Technically, the ringleaders of J6 were convicted of seditous conspiracy Fiendish Thingy 13 hrs ago #56

Am I doing it right now? Cirsium 8 hrs ago #67

If you ALREADY KNEW all of this, then why play dumb? Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #68

You didn't understand, apparently Cirsium 7 hrs ago #69

You are the one who doesn't understand Fiendish Thingy 6 hrs ago #70

OK Cirsium 5 hrs ago #71

That doesn't change the legal definition of treason EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #18

What?? Cirsium Wednesday #20

No EdmondDantes_ Thursday #44

The "definition" Cirsium Thursday #50

So it's lying when others change definitions, but not when you do? EdmondDantes_ 14 hrs ago #53

OK Cirsium 12 hrs ago #59

Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution defines Treason for all purposes under U.S. law . . . markpkessinger 3 hrs ago #72

Execute Trump for sharing state secrets then PATRICK Thursday #31

I would be in favor of rendering him to The Hague once his term is over Fiendish Thingy Thursday #35

Now we're talking Cirsium 12 hrs ago #60

It's not what can see and call out... lame54 Wednesday #3

But only for awhile. calimary Wednesday #25

"Low treason" mr715 Wednesday #4

Everything he does benefits Vlad in a big way! debsy Wednesday #5

Of course the "experts" on what is treason wlll be out in force. Maybe add quotes around it "treason" erronis Wednesday #6

Confederacy of conspirators aiding and abetting traitorous destabilization. BattleRow Wednesday #8

and of course if you're just doing a 'rant' .... stopdiggin Wednesday #9

Impeachment is always an option Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #13

That remedy PATRICK Thursday #34

I wasn't suggesting impeachment was likely, only possible. Fiendish Thingy Thursday #36

True in one thing at present PATRICK Thursday #39

They do NOT have "absolute" power Fiendish Thingy Thursday #41

They don't until they do PATRICK 14 hrs ago #52

Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami in November Fiendish Thingy 13 hrs ago #55

I like the way you think. ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #66

That Bush ancestry PATRICK Thursday #33

Excellent. Food for thought. erronis Thursday #38

... kinda reminds me of that scene in the movie Nuremberg Six117 Wednesday #10

The Democratic party is timid. Plays nice too often. Democrats who can hid hard are marginalize by the leadership. Denvermosaic Wednesday #11

That's what we have to fix. calimary Wednesday #28

Trump let Israel influence his decision leftstreet Wednesday #26

100% a traitor to this country vapor2 Wednesday #27

Number One guys deposed, executed PATRICK Thursday #37

Trump and Putin are on the same side. Kid Berwyn Thursday #43

What did Krasnov do w/ all that purloined classified material he moved to Merde-A-Loco??? ultralite001 Thursday #46