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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
MC, please read my previous post. I apologize if you thought I was belittling your abilities. I was not.
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Not to worry. I didn't take anything otherwise at all.
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I see an "or" in the Constitution which kind of changes my perception of what it means. I.E. - or ... giving them aid and comfort. This is where the lawyers could/would split hairs.
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Only if the lawyer also rewrites the Constitution, or at least the rule of grammar.
The "or" comes between "levying War against them" and "adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." So merely giving enemies aid and comfort is not enough to satisfy the definition. The aid and comfort is linked to adhering to the enemy. So the bottom line is that for treason, one either has to actually fight for the enemy or at the least give some allegiance to the enemy, with aid and comfort in furtherance of that allegiance.