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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC2385]

TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

PART I--CRIMES

CHAPTER 115--TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES

Sec. 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government

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.