​What Limits Did the Authors of the Constitution Include to Limit

question 52

Multiple Choice

​What limits did the authors of the Constitution include to limit the reach of the crime of treason?

• A) ​They banned legislatures and courts from creating new treasons.
• B) ​They required two witnesses to at least one overt (unconcealed)act of treason or a confession in open court.
• C) ​They wrote limits into the body of the U.S.Constitution,where it would be very tough to tamper with them.
• D) ​All of these answers are correct.

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