If comments they make on the Senate floor are being reprinted in Al Jazeera in order to embolden the jihadists, that is the very definition of sedition.
That's a very slippery slope. The folks who criticized the military actions in Somalia and Serbia could have face the same charge. However you see the distinction, do you trust the courts to see it?
If comments they make on the Senate floor are being reprinted in Al Jazeera in order to embolden the jihadists, that is the very definition of sedition.
That's the one group of folks you definitely can't go after. Members of Congress can't be prosecuted for anything they say while on the jub onder the speechas and debates clause of the Constitution.
"I'm not calling for locking up war protesters; they have that right."
They have a right to *speak* against the war.
In my view, that right does not extend to actions that inconvenience, distress, or endanger others. They have a right to speak, but they don't have a right to try and force others to listen.