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Article three of the US constitution: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, givin
by anarazel 9y ago
Article three of the US constitution: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."
I'm not arguing that treason / corruption aren't worthy of increased focus, but your proposal doesn't seem to be it.
There's also these pesky anti anti-corruption / pro "free speech" SCOTUS cases :(
- paulie_a 9y agoI totally understand that currently it is not possible. My personal opinion is that the scope should be widened carefully in a limited way for aggregious public corruption. It's not an easy answer by any means but should be addressed with harsh penalties for some situations
- anarazel 9y agoI don't understand why it makes sense to tie corruption to treason. It's a specifically defined thing in the constitution and it's already bandied about way to easily in a political manner. Fixing corruption law (including SCOTUS precedent) is very hard, no need to add very debatable issues additionally.