Why can't Trump use 18 U.S. Code § 2385. to throw Pelosi and other in prison?

[The Conservative]

With Pelosi and others advocating on behalf of BLM, and Antifa, and both of those entities have published media and verbally as well as wphyically attempted to destroy and overthrow federal/local government (CHAZ), why can't President Trump throw them all in prison?


18 U.S. Code § 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government

Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or

Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or

Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

As used in this section, the terms “organizes” and “organize”, with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 2, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 87–486, June 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 103; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)

[Martin Hash]

Because that would be more than half the nation.

[The Conservative]

Because that would be more than half the nation.

I think we could reduce that by stating it as for serious threats only. You can't get them all, but you should remove the ones that can do the most damage.

[Hastur]

What is the difference between the Federal Courthouse in Portland Oregon and Forts Sumter? The competence of the Aggressors?

[Martin Hash]

What is the difference between the Federal Courthouse in Portland Oregon and Forts Sumter? The competence of the Aggressors?

This would have already gone full federal suppression a century ago; just ask 20th Century coal miners.

[Xenophon]

What is the difference between the Federal Courthouse in Portland Oregon and Forts Sumter? The competence of the Aggressors?

*fans self*

Oh Hastur, you're given me a real case of the vapors, mentionin' Fort Sumtah.

[Martin Hash]

Egalitarian sympathizers are in many key government & corporate positions, and anything dominated by Blacks is full-on BLM; but during the late 19th Century, William Jennings Bryan, a Marxist in all but name, was the Democrat presidential nominee 3 times.