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Statutory Basis for Determining Whether Bernie Sanders is a Communist.
50 USC 844 ^ | Aug. 24, 1954 | United States Code

Posted on 02/09/2016 12:10:43 PM PST by Another Kansan

Sec. 844. Determination by jury of membership in Communist Party, participation, or knowledge of purpose In determining membership or participation in the Communist Party or any other organization defined in this Act, or knowledge of the purpose or objective of such party or organization, the jury, under instructions from the court, shall consider evidence, if presented, as to whether the accused person: (1) Has been listed to his knowledge as a member in any book or any of the lists, records, correspondence, or any other document of the organization; (2) Has made financial contribution to the organization in dues, assessments, loans, or in any other form; (3) Has made himself subject to the discipline of the organization in any form whatsoever; (4) Has executed orders, plans, or directives of any kind of the organization; (5) Has acted as an agent, courier, messenger, correspondent, organizer, or in any other capacity in behalf of the organization; (6) Has conferred with officers or other members of the organization in behalf of any plan or enterprise of the organization; (7) Has been accepted to his knowledge as an officer or member of the organization or as one to be called upon for services by other officers or members of the organization; (8) Has written, spoken or in any other way communicated by signal, semaphore, sign, or in any other form of communication orders, directives, or plans of the organization; (9) Has prepared documents, pamphlets, leaflets, books, or any other type of publication in behalf of the objectives and purposes of the organization; (10) Has mailed, shipped, circulated, distributed, delivered, or in any other way sent or delivered to others material or propaganda of any kind in behalf of the organization; (11) Has advised, counseled or in any other way imparted information, suggestions, recommendations to officers or members of the organization or to anyone else in behalf of the objectives of the organization; (12) Has indicated by word, action, conduct, writing or in any other way a willingness to carry out in any manner and to any degree the plans, designs, objectives, or purposes of the organization; (13) Has in any other way participated in the activities, planning, actions, objectives, or purposes of the organization; (14) The enumeration of the above subjects of evidence on membership or participation in the Communist Party or any other organization as above defined, shall not limit the inquiry into and consideration of any other subject of evidence on membership and participation as herein stated.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: sanderscommunist
Camp Clinton says Sanders is a communist. Interestingly, the question of whether someone is a member of the Communist Party is a question for a jury under the Communist Control Act of 1954, the relevant portion of which is still on the books as 50 USC 844. Perhaps only of interest as a curiosity, but interesting nonetheless.
1 posted on 02/09/2016 12:10:44 PM PST by Another Kansan
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To: Another Kansan

Based in the law and his activities over the years, he’s a commie.


2 posted on 02/09/2016 12:17:23 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: Another Kansan

Bernie spent time in the USSR ... liked Jughashvilli if that counts.


3 posted on 02/09/2016 12:20:08 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Another Kansan

Wow! Paragraphs are our friends.


4 posted on 02/09/2016 12:20:12 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: Another Kansan

OK, this is nuts.


5 posted on 02/09/2016 12:20:24 PM PST by knownfact
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To: Another Kansan

Who’s NOT a commie in the democraptic party?


6 posted on 02/09/2016 12:20:31 PM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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Statutory Basis for Determining Whether Bernie Sanders is a Communist.

Let me be the first to say that he is certainly "certifiable".

7 posted on 02/09/2016 12:22:25 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (My Forefathers Would Be Shooting By Now!)
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To: Another Kansan

Commies are as Commies do.


8 posted on 02/09/2016 12:22:48 PM PST by Lexington Green (Hillary should be in the Big House - not the White House.)
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To: Another Kansan

Obama is a communist. And Bernie leans that way but is not as bad....at least he’s honest about it


9 posted on 02/09/2016 12:29:51 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Get this to Mark Levin stat! Need to know who has standing for a case like this.


10 posted on 02/09/2016 12:42:24 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Another Kansan
About as stupid a statement as "Statutory Basis for Determining Whether The Sun Rises in the East.
11 posted on 02/09/2016 12:47:42 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Another Kansan

By this definition it would seem Bernie was a communist 52 years ago...


12 posted on 02/09/2016 1:08:56 PM PST by GOPJ (Allowing illegals to stay in the U.S is like paying ransom to kidnappers- an incentive for more)
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Bernie was in top form for his speech tonight. Free everything for everybody. Played the class warfare card with every breath. And tossed in some race and gender grievance mongering for good measure.


13 posted on 02/09/2016 7:59:19 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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