I know it is illegal to threaten the life of the President, even in jest. Was wondering if there is a law forbidding anyone from calling President a traitor?
2007-02-06 00:04:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes I am US citizen..and I have not called the President anything..just asking if can
2007-02-06 00:28:34 · update #1
This is protected speech under the constitution. You cannot threaten him or anyone, but you can call them whatever you want.
Spreading lies about a person not in the "public eye" can fall under slander charges, and can make you subject to a lawsuit, but since the president is a public figure he does not get this protection either.
As long as you do not threaten anyone, you can say whatever you want about Bush, true or not. It is a free country- that is one thing that makes it great.
2007-02-06 00:29:27 · answer #1 · answered by castlekeepr 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not illegal to call the president a traitor, a fool, a monkey, or almost anything. The only legal limits are on appropriateness of language for the medium used.
2007-02-06 00:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No it is not illegal, but don't threaten him even in a joking manner.
I personally know a person that was mentally disturbed who called the White House and made threatening remarks. The next day they came to the factory where we worked, arrested him and we never saw him again.
He made the phone call from a pay phone. We are about 800 miles from DC. They were Secret Service.
2007-02-06 00:20:34 · answer #3 · answered by Bigdog 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, in fact it is your duty, if you believe the President is a traitor, to call him such.
This is both free speech and true patriotism. A patriot doesn't just follow blindly, but instead looks where his country is going and protests if the elected leadership is making mistakes.
2007-02-06 02:41:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
First of all, if you are not an American citizen and not living in the US, I don't believe it is illegal to call him anything provided you don't go out of acceptable decency.
But you can't call him 'traitor' in that case because traitor is the word to be used by the fellow citizens. Since you are not a citizen, you cant' use that word technically.
2007-02-06 00:15:20 · answer #5 · answered by jaggie_c 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
No. You can insult him all you wish. Some people would like to make that a crime, but it is not.
Just dont threaten him or say anything that could be remotely considered a threat.
2007-02-06 00:09:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
useful, I did. I wrote to the two one among my senators and my rep. in Congress. I somewhat have been given very large replies from all of them. this is as much as us as voters to permit our public servants understand that we are indignant approximately unlawful aliens flooding into our united states.
2016-12-17 03:35:29 · answer #7 · answered by suire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there were you'd be arrested by now, besides who the hell cares anyways, I am sure they have much bigger fish to fry then someone who calls the president a traitor, I call him numerous swear words every day as well as an idiot, they haven't arrested me yet for it
2007-02-06 00:09:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is not illegal.
Nor is it illegal for anybody else to call you the same thing.
2007-02-06 04:22:58 · answer #9 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Not illegal.
2007-02-06 00:19:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋