LOL
I have an ancestor that was charged with sedition against the gov't.
He was hunted from pillar to post by the gov'ts Pinkerton detectives. He led them a merry cat & mouse game for years, always one step ahead of them.
He was finally smuggled out of the country - and lived in safety the rest of life.
His crime? He had a clandestine publishing business, with a printing press - and published books and tracts against the gov't. The book that got him in the most trouble was The Perth Assembly.
He was Elder William Brewster, "of the Mayflower" - my 7th great great grandfather. After living in Holland for 12 years - where he published - he had to sneak back into England preparatory to being smuggled aboard the Mayflower for the voyage to New England.
History repeats itself - only the names, places and dates change.
In the meantime, today, a Christian militia group gets raided while an Islamic militia group in the same area is untouched.
| What the law says ... TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 115 > § 2384 § 2384. Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. This and related statutes — and more importantly their interpretation — can be very dangerous to Free Speech. This is especially true if it's abused by the Government and the Political Opposition (in this case, the Democratic Party and Democratic politicians, the MSM and the Left-Wing Blogosphere). |