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| + | {{quotebox|If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.<ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384</ref>}} | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Federalist No. 27]] | ||
| + | *[[Sedition Act]] | ||
| + | *[[Alien and Sedition Acts]] | ||
| + | *[[Sedition Act of 1798]] | ||
| + | *[[Sedition Act of 1918]] | ||
| + | *[[Sacco and Vanzetti]] | ||
| + | *[[Coup d'état]] | ||
| + | *[[Mark Zaid]] | ||
| + | *[[James Wolfe indictment]] | ||
| + | *[[Biden Putsch]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:33, September 19, 2020
Seditious conspiracy is defined by 18 U.S. Code § 2384 as
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.[1]
