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To: freekitty
There is absolutely no reason Mr. Obama should not be tried for treason.

I'm not sure I agree with this assertion. The Constitution defines Treason as follows:

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
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.
Now, let's exclude the possible/arguable inclusion of non-traditional modes of warfare [which includes economic] from the portion regarding the levying of war. It is obvious that Obama is not waging war on any of the States using conventional-warfare, so that portion fails. However, there is the 'OR in adhering to their enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort" portion that deserves some investigation as applied to Obama and his actions. There are several ways to argue that Obama is giving aid to America's enemies covering multiple actions.

Certainly challenging Arizona's sovereignty by challenging SB 1070 in court is providing aid and comfort to illegal aliens. The question thus becomes "are illegal aliens enemies?" According to Dictionary.com 'Invasion' is defined as follows:

in·va·sion     /ɪnˈveɪʒən/     [in-vey-zhuhn]
–noun
  1. an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, esp. by an army.
  2. the entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful, as disease.
  3. entrance as if to take possession or overrun: the annual invasion of the resort by tourists.
  4. infringement by intrusion.
Obviously illegal aliens are infringing [on American soil by intrusion thereupon, so definition 4 fits. The advent of Aztlan , Raza, and MEChA certainly qualifies definition #3 as true. Given that most [48 of 77; ~62%] of people on the FBI's Wanted for Murder are aliens definition #2 fits. Given the statements of La Raza and other Aztlan-movements definition #1 fits. Therefore, 'helping' the illegal aliens by not only refusing to execute existing laws but prohibiting States from executing them is giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

There is also the matter of destroying the legal system of the US, violating all contract-law; the government takeover of GM/Chrysler. This is a bit more theoretical a proof, and a bit more difficult to prove (deserving its own long paper) but suffice it to say that by voiding contract-law the Executive (along with a complicit Legislative & Judicial) have dealt a big blow to the integrity/legitimacy of the federal government {the Constitution prohibits the sort of violation of contracts that occurred}.

119 posted on 08/09/2010 10:23:34 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Uh, thank you for your explanation of why we never can do anything about anything.

My question is when are going to do something about it?


122 posted on 08/09/2010 10:35:12 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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