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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: H.R. 4128, The Criminal Code Modernization and Simplification Act of 2007 `SUBCHAPTER A--TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES `Sec. `261. Treason. `262. Misprision of treason. `263. Rebellion or insurrection. `264. Seditious conspiracy. `265. Advocating overthrow of Government. `Sec. 261. Treason `Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death or be imprisoned for any term of years not less than five, and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States. `Sec. 262. Misprision of treason `Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years. `Sec. 263. Rebellion or insurrection `Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States. `Sec. 264. 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 imprisoned not more than 20 years. `Sec. 265. Advocating overthrow of Government `(a) IN GENERAL- Whoever-- `(1) knowingly advocates, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the Government of the United States or the government of any State, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; `(2) with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence; or `(3) organizes or helps to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof; shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following the conviction. `(b) CONSPIRACY- If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following the conviction. `(c) DEFINITION- As used in this section, the term `organize', with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, includes the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons. Poster Comment: They try again. Entire bill here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.4128:
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Old news, I know. It just illustrates what the high and mighty government thinks of us. Sooner or later something like this will pass. It's like the gun control crowd: they get beat time and time again, knowing full well that we will fight before we hand over so much as a pellet rifle, but they keep plugging away.
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