Um, no, actually, it can't. Unless you're an ignorant conservadolt butthole who farts furious bullpoo about that which he knows not poo, like the moron to whom you are responding, of course. "Aid and comfort" is NOT the only benchmark of treason. ADHERENCE to an enemy is required. In point of fact, the framers deliberately and greatly limited the scope of treason to specifically preclude partisan political activities, among other things, as such overly broad interpretations had been used numerous times to the ill effect of the body politic in England. Obviously Kerry was in no way ADHERED to North Vietnam, not to mention the VC never were, legally speaking, our enemies as war was never declared. It's all very well settled law dating back to the consbreastution and framers themselves.Those, like the dolt to whom you are speaking, that would try to argue otherwise are only running their skid-marked intellectual underwear up the flagpole for all to see. Witness: ------ Section 3. Treason Clause 1. Definition and Limitations Treason The treason clause is a product of the awareness of the Framers of the ''numerous and dangerous excrescences'' which had disabled the English law of treason and was therefore intended to put it beyond the power of Congress to ''extend the crime and punishment of treason.'' 1283 The debate in the Convention, remarks in the ratifying conventions, and contemporaneous public comment make clear that a restrictive concept of the crime was imposed and that ordinary partisan divisions within political society were not to be escalated by the stronger into capital charges of treason, as so often had happened in England. 1284 Thus, the Framers adopted two of the three formulations and the phraseology of the English Statute of Treason enacted in 1350, 1285 but they conspicuously omitted the phrase defining as treason the ''compbutting or imagining the rest of our lord the King,'' 1286 under which most of the English law of ''constructive treason'' had been developed. 1287 Beyond limiting the power of Congress to define treason, 1288 the clause also prescribes limitations upon Congress' ability to make proof of the offense easy to establish 1289 and its ability to define punishment. 1290 Footnote 1287 Ibid. ''The record does suggest that the clause was intended to guarantee nonviolent political processes against prosecution under any theory or charge, the burden of which was the allegedly seditious character of the conduct in question. Footnote 1298 Id., 34-35. Earlier, Justice Jackson had declared that this phase of treason consists of two elements: ''adherence to the enemy; and rendering him aid and comfort.'' A citizen, it was said, may take actions ''which do aid and comfort the enemy . . . but if there is no adherence to the enemy in this, if there is no intent to betray, there is no treason.'' Id., 29, Justice Jackson states erroneously that the requirement of two witnesses to the same overt act was an original invention of the Convention of 1787. Actually it comes from the British Treason Trials Act of 168 plus 15. 7 Wm. III, c.3. ------ As you can clearly see, anyone trying to make a treason argument regarding Kerry's testimony is an ignoramus wholly devoid of even a basic understanding of consbreastutional law and should therefore be accorded all of the inherent honors of their ignorance. IOW, ignore the stupid butthole. Let him contend the sun will rise in the West tomorrow, if he wishes. He obviously knows not poo of what he farts. Welcome to reality. Enjoy your visit. Slow thinkers keep right. ------ Why are so many not smart enough to know they're not smart enough? What Gay Men Won't Tell You About Gay MenMen who have love with men (MSM) are at increased risk for multiple loveually transmitted diseases (STDs) including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection-Acquired... � 1999 by the American Psychological buttociation December 1999 Vol. 77, No. 6, 1121-1134 Unsend and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-buttessments Hillary: Losing Again 1335I agree that they may have gone a bit overboard in their dislike for the self-aggrandizing Kerry. However, NO ONE can doubt... Justin Kruger and David Dunning Department of Psychology Cornell University ABSTRACT: ...the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd. ------
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