Is conspiring to overthrow the government a crime?

Is conspiring to overthrow the government a crime?

  • Yes

    Votes: 11 84.6%

  • No

    Votes: 2 15.4%
  • Total voters
    13
  • Poll closed .
Make no mistake: there is no government in all of history, including the present, that does not consider plotting to overthrow said government a crime.

John Hancock, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Read, Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean, George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, John Morton, Benjamin Rush, George Ross, James Smith, James Wilson, George Taylor, Samuel Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry, Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton, Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery, Lewis Morris, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, William Floyd, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton, Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton, Benjamin Harrison, George Wythe, Thomas Nelson, Jr., William Hooper, John Penn, Joseph Hewes, Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton, Thomas Lynch, Jr., Thomas Heyward, Jr., Abraham Clark, John Hart, Francis Hopkinson, Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Samuel Huntington, Roger Sherman, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott, Charles Carroll, Samuel Chase, Thomas Stone, and William Paca were all criminals against the Crown of Britain the second they signed the Declaration. Others joined them in additional crimes, including treason. Treasonous criminals, the bunch of 'em.

Sometimes, the government deserves it.
 
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

� Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
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Sometimes, Crime really does pay....
 
Two "no thanks" in a row to mentions of the founders' treason against the Crown. Guess we have a modern Tory on our hands here.
 
The thing about democracy is that usually people can simply organize a revolution peacefully when they are unsatisfied, which is one main reason democracy is far superior to most other systems of government.

A majority of people would probably be happy with either a Republican or Democratic government, so any violent revolution would probably quickly be quashed. Problem is, one side of the debate thinks they have an absolute right to rule, regardless of democracy.
 
Smarter Than All Y'All said:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
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according to the constitution, using force or violence to overthrow the government
 
Smarter Than All Y'All said:
Are you saying that each individual can interpret the Constitution as they like?
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the constitution doesnt need to be interpreted. its written in plain text and easy to understand.

It's those 'professors of law' that gummed up the whole damn thing by convincing the college educated morons that it needs to be 'interpreted' by experts. It does not, so sayeth the framers.
 
The supreme court is the final arbitor of the constitutions meanings.

You dont get to deside what it means.
 
Topspin said:
He's saying if your a redneck and you have a GED that qualifies you as a constitutional expert. Me I'd like a Prof of law. LOFL:good4u:
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I agree....that is certainly a whole lot better than relying on your brain.
So, good call.:good4u:
 
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