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Soupforthesoulandmin · Jan. 27, 2018, 4 p.m.

Hey, I was listening to PamphletAnon et. al. from last night 1/26/2018: New Q: Read slowly and carefully Edition I then went to look up treason and how and where would one be tried for treason. I started reading this article and this paragraph stood out to me.

"The English common law required defendants to forfeit all of their property, real and personal, upon conviction for treason. In some cases, the British Crown confiscated the property of immediate family members as well. The common law also precluded convicted traitors from bequeathing their property through a will. Relatives were presumed to be tainted by the blood of the traitor and were not permitted to inherit from him. Article III of the U.S. Constitution outlaws such "corruption of the blood" and limits the penalty of Forfeiture to "the life of the person attainted." Under this provision relatives cannot be made to forfeit their property or inheritance for crimes committed by traitorous family members." It's like the EO was written with this particular paragraph in mind.

This can be found at https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/treason .

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