2016 Postmortem

kennetha

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5. well to be an "enemy" we have to be at war with said power.

Sat Dec 31, 2016, 09:31 PM

Dec 2016

It's not enough to be at ODDs with said power.

"Aid and comfort" doesn't mean moral support, political endorsement, etc. It means material assistance in an actually war. You really wouldn't want it to be the case that, say, anti-war protestors who were undermining public support for an insane foreign adventure like the Iraq or Vietnam wars were guilty of treason, would you? Cause if you took aid and comfort too broadly that would be the result.

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Drop dead or arrested for treason!!!! [View all] pbmus Dec 2016 OP

Treason is hard to prove. And wishing Death on a president -- kennetha Dec 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author pbmus Dec 2016 #3

Treason is easy to prove atreides1 Dec 2016 #4

well to be an "enemy" we have to be at war with said power. kennetha Dec 2016 #5

A country with sanctions imposed upon it, e.g., Russia meow2u3 Dec 2016 #6

wrong. onenote Jan 2017 #13

In fact, treason is, by design of the Constitution, very hard to prove onenote Jan 2017 #15

Resign! nt femmocrat Dec 2016 #2

Resign! Kath2 Dec 2016 #7

Pull a Bullworth with all the cameras on. no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #8

There's always the Hudsucker Proxy method. longship Jan 2017 #9

Honestly... greytdemocrat Jan 2017 #10

.... pbmus Jan 2017 #11

A nutsack pic, eh? What are you, 12 years old? dionysus Jan 2017 #16

Fluctuate between 12 and 95... pbmus Jan 2017 #19

I would like to see every Trump voter wake up avebury Jan 2017 #12

I think he will be impeached, or forced to resign. MoonRiver Jan 2017 #14

Confess to being a Russian stooge and have James Comey arrested jmowreader Jan 2017 #17

Lawrence O'Donnell triron Jan 2017 #18