mslux
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Wed Dec-08-04 09:26 PM
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I am thinking up a poster for the Sunday, 51 Capitals March. My question is: is voter suppression treason? What about voting fraud? I would really like to use the word 'treason' in some fashion.
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Wed Dec-08-04 09:27 PM
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1. Stealing elections, neglecting national security, starting wars based |
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on lies for personal interests...
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Wed Dec-08-04 09:32 PM
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2. treason is defined in the constitution, art. iii, sect. 3: |
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Section 3 - Treason Note
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 Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
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Wed Dec-08-04 09:36 PM
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3. US Constitution Article 3 Section 3 |
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Clause 1: 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.
Clause 2: The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
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Make of it what you will, but that's what treason is in the US.
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Wed Dec-08-04 09:37 PM
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4. just as banana republicans use the term "aid and comfort" |
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try to come up with a word or phrase that sounds like treason without actually using the word.
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Wed Dec-08-04 09:56 PM
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5. It wasn't voter fraud, it was election fraud. |
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Don't put the onus on the voter, put it on the election.
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mslux
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:32 PM
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6. "Voter" fraud was a typo |
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If election fraud/voter suppression a terrorist attack on our democracy? Didn't w equate terrorism as an act of war? Isn't it an attack on our Constitution?
I know it is a strecth of the definition, but is it a believable strecth?
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:18 AM
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7. domestic enemy of the constitution? |
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:30 AM
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8. Turn your hymnals to page 13: Cheney's war profiteering with Halliburton |
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