[Salvavida]

We throw that treason word around like a father-son game of catch here at Free Republic. It has a very high bar.

[sparklite2]

Same as with ‘monopoly.’ The definition goes out the
window, if it made into the parlor in the first place

[CJ Wolf]

Well it’s part of negotiation you claim they commit treason but when it comes down to it they will find it only to be a ‘lack of candor’ or it wasn’t the ‘intent’ so its ok.

[FreedomPoster]

We most around here say treason, they are really referring to sedition.

[kaehurowing]

We throw that treason word around like a father-son game of catch here at Free Republic. It has a very high bar.

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We’ll see how people feel once the ebola starts spreading and China invades California.

[hanamizu]

We throw that treason word around like a father-son game of catch here at Free Republic. It has a very high bar.

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That’s because the Founding Fathers were well aware of English (actually, of course, it had been their) history. Any discomfort to the monarch, like say, sleeping with his wife) counted as treason.

A few years ago, a nutter rushed out of the crowd and fired (I think a blank) pistol while Queen Elizabeth was riding by. Her horse reared, she got it under control and continued on. The shooter was immediately apprehended but I remember at the time that technically, he could be charged with treason.

Trying to undermine the Trump Presidency, while wrong and hopefully will be punished, is not treason as defined by the Constitution. Treason is the only crime defined in the Constitution BTW.