From: "Robert A. Rosenberg" <hal9001@panix.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:02:53 +0800
To: Michelle KC5KYO <mthompso@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [Noise] RE: Canada Imprisons People For Human Rights Acti...
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At 14:58 -0700 8/21/96, Michelle KC5KYO wrote:


>> I do not believe that freedom of speech in the U.S.A. extends to actively
>> agitating for secession or the overthrow of the federal government.
>
>The right to discuss revolt or secession or the overthrow of the federal
>government, it seems to me, is given below:
>
>"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created
>equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
>Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of
>Happiness - That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted
>among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the
>Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of
>these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,
>and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such
>Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall
>seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.  ... "
>
>Now this is the Declaration of Independence, and not the Constitution, but
>it seems to me that the right to discuss "agitating for secession or the
>overthrow of the federal government" is protected.
>
>Michelle

Unfortunately, this went out the window about 130-135 years ago during the
5 year period sometimes called "The Late Unpleasantness" <g>.