It's TREASON not sedition

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47. *sigh* go reread my post

The convictions in the 18th/19th century were for the other half of the statute regarding waging war against the United States.

In the case of waging war against the US, there is no “aiding and abetting the enemy” (the other half of the statute requiring a declaration of war to define the enemy), it is violent actions against the nation (I.e. the Whiskey Rebellion).

So to summarize, the treason statue has two sections, violating one is enough to be convicted.

Part one: waging war against the United States

Part two: giving aid and comfort to an Enemy (capitalized in the Constitution- why is that?) of the United States (this is the part requiring a declaration of war to legally define and establish who an Enemy is) There have been no convictions of treason for giving aid and comfort to an Enemy without a declaration of war.