The debates in the Constitutional Convention show an awareness of English common law and legislative history. James Madison suggested that the proposed definition reported by the Committee of ...

Normally, in this area, the Constitution either gives power ... and the specific definition of treason about giving - about making war against the country, giving aid and comfort to the enemy ...

The framers of the Constitution feared too much centralized ... may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” Within the separation of powers, each of the three branches of ...