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“Some might say that obstructing military recruiters from seeking volunteers during wartime is tantamount to treason.”

“Some” might be abusing legal terms in ways that are, quite frankly, dangerous, and “some” ought to know better.

Treason is a federal crime, defined in Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution, which says “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 Founders did their best to make very sure that the Constitution prevented the government from using charges of Treason to suppress peaceful dissent. That is why the language of the article clearly states that the law of treason to be invoked only for overt acts with the intent to wage war on the United States, or to provide concrete, material assistance to those who do.

If you have any evidence that anyone at a law school near you has committed such a serious federal crime, you should contact your local FBI field office. Otherwise, baseless insinuations against innocent people, for doing nothing more than exercising their rights to freedom of association on their own property in a manner you find disagreeable, amounts to little more than a shameful proposal for tyranny. You have every right to agree with disagree with the law schools’ decision; you have no right to make such scurrilous attacks against fellow citizens merely on the basis of a political disagreement.