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Can any lawyers/attorneys on FreeRepublic answer a few questions? 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?

Some alumni donors are pressuring the president's office and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations to fire Professor Nicholas De Genova for statements he made in last week's anti-war teach-in. In the past few days, donors have barraged the offices with emails and phone calls, informing the University that they feel that De Genova overstepped the limits of academic free speech. In mass-mailed email messages circulated among each other, alumni have urged each other to issue an ultimatum to the University: Fire De Genova or lose our donations. "We've gotten a lot of calls," said Thomas Gray, who is...

The following is a post from one of Professor De Genova's anthropology students on the Columbia Spectator message board. Read the poison that he's been filling their little pin heads with. Incidentally, Ms. Johnson can be reached for comment at ltj4@columbia.edu Prof. De Genova stood in solidarity not with the dictatorship of Iraq, but with oppressed peoples around the world, people like those five year-old children fleeing Nasiriyah who were assassinated by U.S. death squads. People like innocent black men on death row in the U.S. who are denied fair trials. Those who call for Prof. De Genova to go...

Assistant Professor Nicholas De Genova, a glittering diamond in the intellectual crown that is Columbia University in the City Of New York is too scared to show up to teach his classes. He's received threats of violence, reports the New York Sun, and so have other professors who participated in the Saddam pep rally held last Wednesday in Low Memorial Library on the Columbia campus. I'm glad De Genova is scared. He probably didn't realize that declaring war on America isn't without risk. From all the evidence, besides being vicious, De Genova is enormously stupid. It's a wonder that he...

From the New York Post yesterday: April 2, 2003 -- Nearly a week after Columbia University professor Nicholas De Genova called for the mass slaughter of U.S. troops, the man who wants "a million Mogadishus" fears so much for his own life he is refusing to go to class. De Genova claimed death threats forced him to skip his 2:40 p.m. Latino History course at the university's Hamilton Hall - the first lecture he had scheduled since the March 26 anti-war "teach in" in which he referred to the 1993 "Black Hawk Down" incident in which 18 GIs were slain.

"It's on statements like this one attributed to Nicholas DeGenova, a professor of Latino studies at Columbia University, in the April 18 edition of the Columbia Spectator: "The heritage of the victims of the Holocaust belongs to the Palestinian people. The state of Israel has no claim to the heritage of the Holocaust."Posted Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 12:35 PM PT chatterbox An "anti-Semitism index" that's less than scientific. How the ADL Counts Anti-Semites By Samantha M. Shapiro THE Anti-Defamation League last month released a survey stating that fully 17 percent of the U.S. population holds beliefs that are "strongly...

<p>NEW YORK — The controversy over a Columbia University assistant professor who called for the bloody defeat of U.S. troops in Iraq refuses to die, with critics heaping scorn and supporters saying he has gone into hiding after receiving numerous death threats.</p>

Published on April 02, 2003 Students Wage Silent Protest for De Genova Tensions ran high as the professor's students debated his statements. By Margaret Hunt Gram Spectator News Editor Students of Professor Nicholas De Genova staged a silent, motionless protest on Low Plaza yesterday in support of their absent teacher. Seated cross-legged on folded cardboard boxes, they formed a rain-drenched circle of two dozen people. One place was empty--"Nick's seat," one student said through the red, white, and blue handkerchief tied around her head. The students stared into the center of the circle, where a sign was posted explaining their...

Published on March 31, 2003 De Genova Teach-In Comments Spark Fury Bollinger, professors denounce his call for "a million Mogadishus." By Margaret Hunt Gram Spectator News Editor A firestorm of controversy has engulfed Wednesday night's anti-war teach-in, centering particularly around comments made by Nicholas De Genova, assistant professor of anthropology. In an argument in which he equated patriotism and support for U.S. troops with the perpetuation of U.S. imperialism and racism, Professor De Genova said he hopes Iraqi armies defeat U.S. troops. "I wish for a million Mogadishus," he said, referring to the Somalian city that was the site of...

President Bollinger's Statement on Recent Comments by Assistant Professor De Genova I am shocked that someone would make such statements. Because of the University's tradition of academic freedom, I normally don't comment about statements made by faculty members. However, this one crosses the line and I really feel the need to say something. I am especially saddened for the families of those whose lives are at risk. Assistant Professor Nicholas De Genova was speaking as an individual at a teach-in. He was exercising his right to free speech. His statement does not in any way represent the views of Columbia...

Moment of Truth (For the Anti-American Left)By David HorowitzFrontPageMagazine.com | March 31, 2003 Every movement has its moment of truth. At an "anti-war" teach-in at Columbia last week, Anthropology professor Nicholas De Genova told 3,000 students and faculty, "Peace is not patriotic. Peace is subversive, because peace anticipates a very different world than the one in which we live--a world where the U.S. would have no place."De Genova continued: "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military. I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus."1 This was a reference to the ambush...

E-MAIL TO PROF. NICHOLAS DEGENOVA, Columbia University Asst. Prof. of Anthropology: Professor DeGenova, I would appreciate an answer to this communication. I want to briefly introduce you to my son-in-law Josh who is currently serving in the Middle East helping to defend the freedom of the United States. He is 22 years old, and my little girl misses him terribly. It is a great sacrifice for both of them. He is patriotic, dedicated, a hard worker, and has just signed up for another three years. You have been quoted as recently saying, "I wish for a million Mogadishus." Since I...