Under 18 USC § 2384, “seditious conspiracy” is defined: “If two or more persons … conspire to … by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States … they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.” Extortion falls under the legal definition of “force,” according to this explanation of the seditious nature of the GOP’s shutdown strategy, while this analysis argues that it may constitute an effort to defraud the government. The evidence is clear that multiple people conspired to prevent, hinder and delay the execution of the Affordable Care Act under the extortionate force of the threat of default.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:40:46 +0000
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