Hey Freeper lawyers/attorneys: What is Sedition?

What legally constitutes sedition?
Who can make an accusation or bring charges of sedition?

What legally constitutes treason?
Who can make an accusation or bring charges of sedition?

Are there other charges or lawsuits that could be filed by ordinary citizens against the likes of Peter Arnett and Nicholas De Genova?
What about a class-action suit by as many Freepers as are willing to sign on?

Would any of you be willing to take on any of these cases if I could raise the money?

se·di·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (s-dshn)
n.
Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
Insurrection; rebellion.

[Middle English sedicioun, violent party strife, from Old French sedition, from Latin sditi, sditin- : sd-, s-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European Roots + iti, act of going (from itus, past participle of re, to go. See ei- in Indo-European Roots).]

se·dition·ist n.

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sedition

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sedition

\Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. s['e]dition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. Issue.] 1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority.

In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak.

Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition. --Macaulay.

2. Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.]

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . . emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies. --Gal. v. 19, 20.

Syn: Insurrection; tumult; uproar; riot; rebellion; revolt. See Insurrection.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

sedition

n : an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

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