Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

Treason

Is Illegal to say that you want to kill the President of the United States without taking any further action? Thus is the phrase in itself a crime or is it protected by the right to free speech?


Asked on 2/03/05, 1:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Treason

Yes, for your purposes, you should consider such utterances in and of themselves illegal, per se, and a violation of federal if not state law and to which no First Amendment protections attach.

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Answered on 2/05/05, 10:01 am


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