Time: Mon Jul 21 16:10:56 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA06569 for [address in tool bar]; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:23:44 -0700 (MST) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA19193; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:20:16 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:19:46 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: http://law.house.gov/usc.htm Sedition (fwd) <snip> > >Just for everyone's edification. If anyone joins a non state sponsored >Militia or any of the Patriot groups out there and talks about any of >these listed items you can be charged with Sedition. This is why and how >the FBI and BATF have targeted all of these kinds of groups. As I have >previously posted in the Appendix G of the Treasury report on the raid on >the Branch Davidians this has a history of 200 years in America. The >Sedition act was passed after the end of the War of 1812 with England. >Note this makes the Declaration of Independence illegal under this law. > > >THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: > > >In Congress, July 4, 1776, >THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > >When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one >people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them >with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the >separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of >Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of >mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel >them to the separation. > >We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created >equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain >unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the >pursuit of Happiness. > >That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, >deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. > >That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these >ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, >and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such >principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them >shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. >Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established >should not be changed for light and transient causes; and >accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more >disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right >themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. >But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing >invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under >absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw >off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future >security. >(cut) > > >Regards, >Paul Watson > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >-CITE- > > 18 USC Sec. 2385 01/16/96 > >-EXPCITE- > > TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > > > PART I - CRIMES > > > CHAPTER 115 - TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES > > >-HEAD- > > > Sec. 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government > > > >-STATUTE- > > > Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, 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, Territory, District or Possession > > > thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by > > > force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any > > > such government; or > > > Whoever, 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 attempts > > > to do so; or > > > Whoever organizes or helps or attempts 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 fined under this title or imprisoned not more than > > > twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by > > > the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five > > > years next following his conviction. > > > If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in > > > this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned > > > not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for > > > employment by the United States or any department or agency > > > thereof, for the five years next following his conviction. > > > As used in this section, the terms ''organizes'' and > > > ''organize'', with respect to any society, group, or assembly of > > > persons, include 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. > > > >-SOURCE- > > > (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, Sec. > > > 2, 70 Stat. 623; June 19, 1962, Pub. L. 87-486, 76 Stat. 103; Sept. > > > 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(N), 108 > > > Stat. 2148.) > > >-SECREF- > > > SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS > > > This section is referred to in section 14 of this title; title 5 > > > section 8312; title 8 section 1481; title 38 section 6105; title 50 > > > App. section 34. > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >Unsub info - send e-mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com, with >"unsubscribe liberty-and-justice" in the body (not the subject) >Liberty-and-Justice list-owner is Mike Goldman <whig@pobox.com> > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. 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