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Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by Zamiel_Snawley on Friday February 21, 2025 @09:11PM (#43135400)
That would not be treason, by a long shot.

Treason is the only crime defined in the constitution, and it is quite a high bar.

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Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by Spooky23 on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:30PM (#43136126)
The king is a strict constitutionalist, who may disagree with you/ Pray he doesn’t.
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Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by thaumasiotes on Saturday February 22, 2025 @04:31AM (#43137537)
> Treason is the only crime defined in the constitution, and it is quite a high bar.

Well, it's defined, or bounded above, in the constitution. It's not exactly a high bar:

> Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.

So, if you happened to know Nicolas Maduro, thought he was looking stressed, and bought him some food, that would qualify as treason. There's no requirement that you act against the interests of the United States. The constitution will stop you from being prosecuted for treason for sleeping with Melania Trump. It won't stop you from being prosecuted for treason for completely spurious reasons.

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Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK by Zamiel_Snawley on Sunday February 23, 2025 @02:48PM (#43152536)
No. The Supreme Court has laid out well defined meanings for all the components of that phrase[0], and it is quite a high bar.

[0] https://constitution.findlaw.com/article3/annotation24.html

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