Criminal anarchy is a distinct offense in United States law defined as conspiring to overthrow the government by force, violence, or the assassination of executive officials, or by other unlawful means. Advocating this doctrine, whether by speech or in writing, is itself made a felony under the statutes of many American states. Around 1955 the United States Solicitor General reported that forty-two states, plus Alaska and Hawaii, had statutes prohibiting advocacy of the violent overthrow of established government in some form. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Offense GradeSerious or Indictable Offense 1 Connections
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1. Criminal anarchy (Wikipedia)
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The advocacy of such doctrine either by word of mouth or writing is a felony in many U.S. states.
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