I just noticed that GOOGLE is changing the definition of “insurrection” to mean “an uprising against the government” when previously it meant “an attempt to overthrow a government”
I just noticed that GOOGLE is changing the definition of “insurrection” to mean “an uprising against the government” when previously it meant “an attempt to overthrow a government”
There is only one article of impeachment and all the associated allegations purport to be in support of "Article I: Incitement of Insurrection." Unless insurrection is redefined, there was no insurrection. Here is a more detailed legal definition of insurrection.
Black's Law Dictionary, 11th Ed., 2019.
insurrection. (15c) A violent revolt against an oppressive authority, usu. a government.“A popular tumult is a disorderly gathering of people who refuse to listen to the voice of their superiors, whether they be disaffected towards their superiors themselves or merely towards certain private individuals. These violent movements occur when the people believe themselves harassed, and they are more often caused by tax-collectors than by any other class of public officers. If the anger of the people is directed particularly against the magistrates or other officers invested with the public authority, and if it is carried so far as to result in positive disobedience or acts of violence, the movement is called a sedition. And when the evil extends and wins over the majority of the citizens in a town or province, and gains such strength that the sovereign is no longer obeyed, it is usual to distinguish such an uprising more particularly by the name of an insurrection." Charles G. Fenwick, The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law 336 (1916).
“Insurrection is distinguished from rout, riot, and offense connected with mob violence by the fact that in insurrection there is an organized and armed uprising against authority or operations of government, while crimes growing out of mob violence, however serious they may be and however numerous the participants, are simply unlawful acts in disturbance of the peace which do not threaten the stability of the government or the existence of political society.” 77 C.J.S. Riot; Insurrection § 29, at 579 (1994).
C.J.S. stands for Corpus Juris Secundum, a legal encyclopedia.