When does a free speech statement become treason?

If what he is doing is illegal, I think it would be more closely characterized as "sedition".

He hasn't threatened anyone, he hasn't taken up arms against the government, nor told anyone to do so.

I would bet that if he is arrested, you can be all but certain that there will be repercussions. I think the Federal Government would be making a big mistake to pursue charges against him.

Treason is defined in the US Constitution

Article III, Section 3

1. 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.

2. 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.

You would know this stuff if you bothered to READ THE CONSTITUTION.

www.constitutionfacts.com

How is a public relatives stunt "an attempt to severely injure america"?? it incredibly is particularly not a treasonous act; there is not any sedition right here. the only 'crime' Chavez is responsible of is insulting and ridiculing an impotent, cowardly, idiotic, insane U.S. President. Chavez has been intense of the Bush administration's reckless rules, and Chavez is conscious that if he we could Bush and Cheney roll over on him as they did on Hussein, the U.S. will thieve all of Venezuela's OIL. We unconstitutionally, illegally, unjustifiably and immorally attacked Iraq involved with the sake of OIL and conflict PROFITEERING. we can quickly pass to 'conflict' with Iran for the very comparable motives. Chavez, whose united states of america holds the 0.33 best oil reserves in the international, is conscious that if he shows any warning signs of weak point, america will attack like a rabid canine. George W. Bush and Condoleeza Rice would desire to be having diplomatic conversations with Chavez to ease the rigidity. yet Bush is annoyed as a results of feedback Chavez made on the United countries, and - only because of the fact the Bush relatives had a private vendetta against Saddam Hussein - George W. Bush will purely % to 'settle the score' with Chavez. national management would desire to be approximately greater beneficial than 'getting even', 'winning', and 'keeping national pastimes' (that final you would be interpreted as, "Why is all OUR oil below all THEIR land?"). What Sean Penn, Cindy Sheehan and others have executed is what Bush & Co. would desire to be doing - attempting to be sure peace in the Americas in the previous it is going to become an all-out conflict over OIL. -RKO- 08/04/07

Texas can legally secede from the union. It was part of the agreement it made when it joined the United States.

Seceding from the Union is not treason, and in fact, quite lawful and Constitutional, unless you can point to something in the Constitution proving otherwise.

I'm not following your logic of why a state who became one of the united states is not free to leave the united states.

Hardly that. Treason, in case you hadn't noticed, is the only crime specifically defined in the Constitution, with very strict limits on its meaning.

When you say something against the pravda party line of the democrat socialists.

comrade, you must comply, resistance is futile.

texas had it written into the constitution. non issue vermont does it every year.

usually whenever a lib opens his/her mouth.