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Edwcraig

(290 posts) Tue Dec 15, 2020, 12:25 PM Dec 2020

We have now moved from Constitutional process to Constitutional authority

Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the constitutional authority of the state is the definition of sedition. Sedition is a serious felony punishable by fines and up to 20 years in prison.

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We have now moved from Constitutional process to Constitutional authority (Original Post) Edwcraig Dec 2020 OP

I'll make the popcorn. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #1

When millions marched under banners saying "resist" onenote Dec 2020 #2

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,504 posts)

1. I'll make the popcorn.

Reply to Edwcraig (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 12:33 PM

Dec 2020

Welcome to DU.

onenote

(42,715 posts)

2. When millions marched under banners saying "resist"

Reply to Edwcraig (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2020, 12:37 PM

Dec 2020

it wasn’t sedition. While some individuals may cross the line, the bar for charging someone (or some group) with sedition under the US Code is set fairly high, and with good reason.

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