18 U.S.C. 2385
Advocating Overthrow of Government
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.