18 U.S. Code § 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government

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Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or
teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of
overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States
or the government of any State, Territory, District or
Possession thereof, or the government of any political
subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the
assassination of any officer of any such government; or

Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of
any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues,
circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written
or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty,
necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or
destroying any government in the United States by force or
violence, or attempts to do so; or

Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society,
group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage
the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or
violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any
such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the
purposes thereof—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by
the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the
five years next following his conviction.

If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in
this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for
employment by the United States or any department or agency
thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

As used in this section, the terms “organizes” and “organize”,
with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons,
include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units,
and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and
other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678,
§?2, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 87–486, June 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 103;
Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §?330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 2148.)