BUCKLE UP:
This is one of the most shocking drops yet.
Coordination with foreign powers to overthrow our government?
Shockingly awful.
Having said that, I'd like to correct something I said on a Spaces where I commented that organizing with a foreign power to overthrow our government is… https://t.co/vDCQ8Vuqza
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 27, 2026
Key bit:
The question then becomes, what is an “enemy” that must be “adhere[d]” to in order for it to be treason?
Like with most complex issues of law, there is not a 100% straightforward answer, but an 1863 SCOTUS case, U.S. v. Greathouse, suggests that an “enemy” in this context must be in an open state of armed conflict with the U.S. for a nation to be an “enemy.”
So, technically, the Color Revolution plotters are likely not legally committing “treason” unless they are coordinating with Iran, the only nation we are currently in armed conflict with. (And they may well be, who knows!)
Sedition, OTOH?
Sedition, almost certainly.
But as Steve Ferguson noted: “Fun Fact: There is no statute of limitations on treason.“