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To: Spaulding
Only one term is defined in the Constitution, which term I'll leave as an exercise.

Treason!

Ted Cruz - 2016

337 posted on 08/27/2013 10:13:35 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Tau Food
"Treason!

Ha! Tau Food, I wish I had a prize, food perhaps. You are correct.

I haven't read discussions of why the framers chose to refine ‘Treason’. My guess is that “Treason against the United States has some differences from Treason against the crown.

Vattel has some interesting discussions about the Roman's disdain for taking advantage of an adversary based upon intelligence from a traitor, but nothing so simple as “aid and comfort” and the “two witnesses” requirement.

347 posted on 08/27/2013 11:38:42 PM PDT by Spaulding
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