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Has anyone litigated whether a war needs to be declared to be a war? Not treating war as a technicality is one reason judges exist.
by Zigurd 2y ago
Has anyone litigated whether a war needs to be declared to be a war? Not treating war as a technicality is one reason judges exist.
- ttyprintk 2y agoIt’s irrational to demand that. Treason can obviously preclude war. In practice, seditious conspiracy charges are far more common. There was a slave revolt in the 1800s after which charges of treason didn’t stick because resisting slavery is not war against the nation.