{"id":12602,"date":"2014-04-21T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12602"},"modified":"2014-04-21T00:07:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:07:04","slug":"injustice-commits-sedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/21\/injustice-commits-sedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Injustice Commits Sedition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fascist Five Injustices of SCROTUS, Republican Constitutional VD, have been on a tear of late, shredding the Constitution at every opportunity.  However, one of them just hit a new low.  Antonin Scalia, a Ronald Reagan appointee, has publicly called for the overthrow of the government of the US, if Republicans don’t get their way.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0421ScaliaHat\"During an event at the University of Tennessee’s law school on Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia suggested to the capacity crowd<\/a> that perhaps they should revolt against the U.S government if their taxes ever get too high.<\/p>\n

During a question and answer part of the event, a student asked Scalia about the constitutionality of a federal income tax. Scalia assured the questioner that the tax was in fact permissible by the constitution, but added that if it ever became too high, “perhaps you should revolt<\/font>.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The remark, first reported by the Knoxville News Sentinel, has become a common rhetorical flourish for conservatives nationwide during the Obama presidency.<\/p>\n

A state Tea Party chairman in Mississippi called for armed rebellion<\/a> ahead of Obama’s reelection in 2012, and a Texas Judge told a local news station<\/a> that he was prepared to join a “civil war” if Obama agreed to sign away U.S sovereignty to the United Nations. Michele Bachmann found herself in hot water<\/a> in 2009, shortly after Obama took office, for calling upon a violent uprising against Obama, and faced accusations of using treasonous language… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Think Progress<\/a>><\/p>\n

This sedition certainly qualifies as a “high crime” that meets the requirements needed to impeach him.  Unfortunately, that will not happen, because Republicans control the House.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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