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

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 09:14 PM

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The text of Article III, Sect. 3 states:

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The text is clear and unambiguous.

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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 21 hrs ago #58

This is my opinion: Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #61

Very good Cirsium 20 hrs ago #62

When it comes to criminal prosecution, the US Code overrules Merriam-Webster Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #63

Why the insults? Cirsium 19 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 Yesterday #51

Thanks Cirsium 21 hrs ago #57

You're welcome. ShazzieB 17 hrs ago #65

Waging war against the US -- Does that have to be wnylib 23 hrs ago #54

Technically, the ringleaders of J6 were convicted of seditous conspiracy Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #56

Am I doing it right now? Cirsium 17 hrs ago #67

If you ALREADY KNEW all of this, then why play dumb? Fiendish Thingy 16 hrs ago #68

You didn't understand, apparently Cirsium 16 hrs ago #69

You are the one who doesn't understand Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago #70

OK Cirsium 14 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_ 23 hrs ago #53

OK Cirsium 21 hrs ago #59

Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution defines Treason for all purposes under U.S. law . . . markpkessinger 12 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 21 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 23 hrs ago #52

Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami in November Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #55

I like the way you think. ShazzieB 17 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