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Poll Shows 7 in 10 Don’t Want Trump to Run for Third Term (truthout.org)

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[–] Norgoroth@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

According to the constitution, the punishment for traitors is execution

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But treason is carefully defined as something that only applies to giving aid to enemies of the US during a time of war. The US hasn't declared war since WWII.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

Yea well. The alien Enemies Act was supposed to only apply to wartime as well, but see how that turned out.