Last Thursday, Donald Trump — who is sounding more and more like a man sinking in quicksand — accused six members of Congress of treason and seditious behavior and sorta suggested they be hanged. What did they do? The six members, all of whom had military and national security credentials, reminded members of the military that their oath is to support The Constitution of the United States.
Paul Finkelman, in this article, reminds us all that treason and sedition are crimes of action, not words. You can't commit either merely by saying something that the president doesn't like.