[wludavid]

Not that I expect to change any votes with this thread, but I still feel like putting in my two cents.

Does it make sense that an organization that really want to overthrow the US government (Sedition) would march on Washington? For those that haven't read much history, marching shoulder to shoulder into the government's stronghold is the last step of insurrection or rebellion, not the first. Why would you call attention to yourself if you had serious plans to take over?

Also, last I checked, changing a government's policies is not sedition, it's democracy. That's kind of what we're all about. Organize and attempt to change the status quo. I don't agree with communism or socialism, but I respect their rights to gather among themselves and to spread ideas. That's one of the things that makes sedition slippery. It's the willing participation in the attempt to overthrow the US government by force.

Also, the 14th amendment according to that article says he can't be a representative, senator, or elector (electoral college). Technically it doesn't forbid that person to be President. Although I believe the later Alien and Sedition Act did make treason and sedition a felony, and therefore make him ineligible for president, had he been convicted.