can you get in trouble if you talk bad about the president?
543888
i know from my time in the navy you can be court marshaled for saying corrupt things about the president and any other high ranking officals. if i remember it right its borderline treason, which according to military law you can be put to death for. and for those that dont know the NSA tracks everything you do on the internet, its included with the patriot act. so anything you say wrong about the president or the government is tracked and logged. and then anytime you log on it red flags your ip address so you can be tracked online.
1076402
Excuse me....President Bush did not chastise the Chinese woman who "balked" at the President of China, nor did he have her arrested.   As for the Dixie Chicks, no one has infringed on their freedom of speech,  they spoke out the about the president and the war (or whatever) and apparently you listened right?   You sound as if you want a law to force all of us to listen...that's not freedom of speech.   You might be guaranteed freedom of speech by the constitution but you are not guaranteed an audience!!!!     Grow up
166847
He's not.  Many people feel like they need someone to blame. Often, it's because of low self-esteem, and they feel better by complaining about someone else, even if it's not for a legitimate reason. However, I think people blame the president because he is the central figure of power in this country. Even though he doesn't really have total power, many people are ignorant of that fact, and for that matter, many of them CHOOSE to remain ignorant about it!  Questions like this show this blissful ignorance of all the good things he has done during his presidency.  Please don't take a one-sided view of things.  If you don't like him, then I suppose that's your choice, but you don't need to go around trying to make people hate him.  And now I step off my soapbox.
854389
Why can she get in trouble?
1151910
HELL YES !! YES !! YES !!\n\nHe does not act like the president of the world most powerfull and DEMOCRATIC country. He acts like a clone of Hitler before WW2.\n\nThe list of impeachable offenses is much too long to list here. Suffice to say ANY one of them is a much more serious offense than lying about a bl*w job in the Oval office. And several are as bad or worse than Milosevitch or others that have been prosecuted for war crimes. Just because he is the president of the US doen't make him above our laws or any laws.
494476
Absolutely not...Just jump on board any issue on any side and you will be just as wrong as anyone else...Why let reason ruin politics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
358999
No.  You can't impeach someone because you disagree with them or because they are unpopular.  The Constituion specifies impeachment only for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.  Nixon's covering for the Watergate Break In probably counts, everything since (the Whitewater stuff is a stretch the evidence was a little thin) just lacks proper legal standing.  Congress needs to stop treating impeachment as a political toy and reserve it for what it is, a very serious proceding not to be undertaken lightly or in a partisan manner.
218000
A sitting President is effectively immune from criminal prosecution or civil liability.  However if the evidence was particularly damning, then the president would likely be impeached and then afterwards brought up on criminal charges.\n\nOnly one president has quit and none has been actually removed from office by Congressional action.  \n\nThere are a lot of nasty things the President has to authorize (directly or indirectly) in order to protect the country.  Many of these, while heinous, are not actually illegal -- and, in fact, lying to the American public is actually a job requirement.  \n\nJust take a look at the people here on Yahoo Answers and you'll see why most Americans need to be lied to.  They not only can't handle the truth; they prefer comforting lies.
7576
he can be impeached for high crimes and mistemeaners. So there would have to be a specific charge.  If he was given erroneous information and he thought it to be true, then it is not a lie.
1158424
Yes, I have a suggestion..\nEvery time you see some ass h---- on the internet that says bad things about the President, or The Military, or, our country, let them know that they are free to say things like that because they ARE FREE.. Many Americans gave their life so people can express themselves.. But enough is enough..\nOur troops are over there protecting Americans over here.\nYou take care.
404396
Hi,\n\nAt the risk of being flamed, I thing Bush is a very smart man, and knows exactly what he is doing.  The idiocy comes in manipulating the American people with fear and uncertainty.  Yes, he is not the best speaker either, but some of that comes from the idea that he is trying to make HIMSELF believe and keep track of the stories that he has concocted through the years of his manipulative campaign.\n\nIdiot?  No.  Immoral?  Yes.
490658
president@whitehouse.gov be careful what you say.
109336
Absolutely.  It's what this country is founded on.  If not everything you said would become subjective.  If the right person didn't like what you said you'd be screwed.  This way we know where the line is.  There isn't one.
68648
I do not complain about President Bush.  I know tons of people that do, but, I feel the guy is doing the best he can.  We re-elected him to finish a job and that we must do!  We look bad when be bad mouth our own.  Yeah, I mean freedom of speech is OK and all, but we as Americans just go for the throat most of the time.  \n\nGreetings from Beautiful New York City, USA!!!
1119240
I would think that for the first two questions, just think of if you were giving a speech. Go ahead, imagine it. Now think of if it were a persuasive speech. You're trying to get someone to agree with you on something. If nothing comes to mind pretend you're the president of the USA and you're giving a speech about how the war is going in Iraq. Why would name calling be bad in such a situation? Also, why would you not being prepared be bad as welI? I think if you imagine that you are the speech giver you will be able to give some clever examples of your own. \n\nRe:  # 3, haven't heard of such phrases before \n\nre: #4  please revise question so it makes more sense (sorry, we just want to make sure i'm understanding you right)
1167863
No you cannot get in trouble for talking about anything.  Freedom of Speech includes the internet.  Unless you are a huge drug dealer, then I wouldn't talk about it on here because they might use it to find you.  They are not worried about users, just big time dealers.
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If it proves to be true, assuming we're talking about a reasonably short time-frame here, then you're probably okay.  It also depends on "how" you say what you say.  The facts are one thing, but if you selected a hurtful way of conveying the message, it could be viewed as an unjustified verbal assault - and depending on the circumstances, that could be actionable.