2016 Postmortem

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15. In fact, treason is, by design of the Constitution, very hard to prove

Sun Jan 1, 2017, 09:08 AM

Jan 2017

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It's so hard to prove that it almost never is prosecuted and when it has been prosecuted, the prosecutions usually fail.

In the nearly 240 years of US history, there have only been between 30 and 40 persons charged with treason (the number of persons charged is larger than the number of cases because some of the cases involved multiple defendants). Only around eight people have been convicted, a ridiculously high failure rate for the prosecutions. Of those eight, three were in the 19th century and the other five all arose in connection with WWII. Only one person has been indicted for treason in over 60 years and that person, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, was indicted in absentia and then killed in a bombing strike.

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Drop dead or arrested for treason!!!! [View all] pbmus Dec 2016 OP

Treason is hard to prove. And wishing Death on a president -- kennetha Dec 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author pbmus Dec 2016 #3

Treason is easy to prove atreides1 Dec 2016 #4

well to be an "enemy" we have to be at war with said power. kennetha Dec 2016 #5

A country with sanctions imposed upon it, e.g., Russia meow2u3 Dec 2016 #6

wrong. onenote Jan 2017 #13

In fact, treason is, by design of the Constitution, very hard to prove onenote Jan 2017 #15

Resign! nt femmocrat Dec 2016 #2

Resign! Kath2 Dec 2016 #7

Pull a Bullworth with all the cameras on. no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #8

There's always the Hudsucker Proxy method. longship Jan 2017 #9

Honestly... greytdemocrat Jan 2017 #10

.... pbmus Jan 2017 #11

A nutsack pic, eh? What are you, 12 years old? dionysus Jan 2017 #16

Fluctuate between 12 and 95... pbmus Jan 2017 #19

I would like to see every Trump voter wake up avebury Jan 2017 #12

I think he will be impeached, or forced to resign. MoonRiver Jan 2017 #14

Confess to being a Russian stooge and have James Comey arrested jmowreader Jan 2017 #17

Lawrence O'Donnell triron Jan 2017 #18