Should the House push a resolution that clearly states the actions of 1/6/21 were an Act

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of Insurrection against the United States of America? That vote will tell us if the Republican Party aids and abets the people who committed the Insurrection. If they agree with the Bill, we at least place the event in the proper historical framework.

[Ocelot II]

1. Probably it would have to be a resolution rather than a bill.

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3. I think that's the right descriptor ....I will update my post to reflect!

[mobeau69]

2. No.

[Beastly Boy]

4. No. It can easily backfire.

It could give more ammunition to all those charged with crimes committed on or around 1/6 to challenge their indictments on constitutional grounds. it will make a thug that took a dump on the floor of the Rotunda an insurrectionist rather than a thug, and give him all the legal protections of defending himself against a charge of insurrection rather than defacing government property.

[bottomofthehill]

5. All of the other charges still stick.

[Beastly Boy]

7. Not if the House resolution states the actions of 1/6/21 were an act of insurrection.

This may create a weird situation when a dump on the floor is just a dump on the floor, except in cases the offense was committed in the Capitol on 1/6, in which case it would become an act of insurrection. And insurrection is far more difficult to prove in court.

[bottomofthehill]

8. A person can be charged with Insurrection and a host of other charges

Nothing in a House Resolution would change that. A House Resolution has no force of law, it is just the sense of the Congress

[Beastly Boy]

9. You are right. A resolution has no force of law. Insurrection is already defined in the legal code.

So declaring any other crime to be an insurrection would simply make no sense.

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6. Good point!