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To: jmstein7
One entry found for sedition.
Entry Word: sedition
Function: noun
Text: an offense against official ruling authority (as a government or sovereign) to which one owes allegiance <considered the defense industry strike to be overt sedition>
Synonyms seditiousness, treason
Related Word alienation, disaffection, estrangement; action, protest, strike; coup, coup d'etat, putsch; insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, uprising; quislingism
Contrasted Words allegiance, fealty, fidelity, loyalty; duty, respect, responsibility
8 posted on 05/21/2004 8:14:32 AM PDT by ladtx ( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
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To: ladtx
Yep, sure seems like Pelosi & Kennedy have committed Sedition to me;


TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
Title 18, Part I, Chapter 115, Sec. 2387. of the US Code;

(a) Whoever, with intent to interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States:

(1) advises, counsels, urges, or in any manner causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States; or
distributes or attempts to distribute any written or printed matter which advises, counsels, or urges insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States -

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.


Sec. 2388. Activities affecting armed forces during war

a) Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully makes or conveys false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies; or

Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or willfully obstructs the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service or the United States, or attempts to do so -

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.


Title 18 is a kick-a$$ section of the US Code. Now will Ashcroft ever use it?

33 posted on 05/21/2004 10:38:14 AM PDT by Condor51 (Leftists Are Moral and Intellectual Parasites)
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