2020年5月5日 · Treason is a specific crime in the United States and while persons accused of Treason can be military, they need not be. John Brown, the first person accused of and executed for treason (against the Commonwealth of Virginia) in the U.S. was a civilian abolitionist who was trying to provoke a slave rebellion and was not prosecuted in any court ...

In the Federalist 74, Alexander Hamilton attempted to respond to the criticism that the President could pardon his accomplices in a case of treason. Hamilton acknowledged that "there are strong reasons to be assigned for requiring in this particular the concurrence of …

2022年9月5日 · There has also been debate over whether treason is treated differently for pardon power purposes than other federal crimes, but the precedent of the pardons issued after the U.S. Civil War pretty definitively resolved this question in favor of the power of the President to pardon treason, so the nature of the federal offense wouldn't matter.

2017年5月9日 · Treason is the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution, at Article III, Section 3 which says: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.

2015年10月26日 · "Treason" is just one of the more severe crimes you can face for "whistleblowing" by injudiciously disclosing particularly sensitive classified information. The elements of treason are very simple. From 18 USC 115 :

2017年5月18日 · In this Thread the user titles it 'Michael Flynn committed Treason'. He believes that Michael Flynn committed treason, Treason is defined in the Article III Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution as: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.

2020年9月4日 · Treason, like free speech, is in the Constitution. To add to bdb's point that the First Amendment is not absolute, the relation of treason to free speech is also complicated by the fact that treason itself is in the Constitution. (In fact, …

2018年10月24日 · Having read this question, it makes reference to treason, to which part of it states: 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. Unfortunately, the archaic language makes it difficult for me to ...

2018年3月30日 · In times of open war, #3 may be the line for treason if the content can be considered enemy propaganda. There are two relevant treason cases during WWII, Gillars v. United States and Best v. United States where US citizens are convicted of treason for broadcasting radio programs meant to demoralize American fighting forces.

However, there are specific crimes which allow arresting a Congressman while he is attending a session of Congress, or going to or from a session, namely treason, felony or breach of peace. Many Congressmen have been arrested and convicted of crimes: as far as I know, this has never happened on the floor of the House or Senate.