The U.S. seditious ______ statute is directed at the use of force against the government or the use of force to prevent the execution of any law or to interfere with governmental property and has been employed by prosecutors in recent years in terrorist prosecutions.
A) speech
B) libel
C) writing
D) conspiracy

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The correct term is "seditious conspiracy," which refers to efforts to conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the government of the United States or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof.

The US Seditious ______ Statute Is Directed at the Use of of Force