_January 6 Was a Riot. No Kings is an Insurrection_
FTA: Suppose we begin with a simple legal question: what constitutes an insurrection? US federal law, under 18 U.S.C. §2383, defines insurrection as an organized, violent uprising against the authority of the United States or its laws. It is not mere protest. It is not riot, per se. It is a purposeful, coordinated attempt to defy or subvert the enforcement of federal law and thereby replace it with an alternative order, even if only temporarily. By that standard, it is the ongoing 'No Kings' uprising, not the chaotic riot on January 6, 2021, that most closely fits the definition. The term has been stretched beyond recognition by partisan usage, but if we restore legal precision, the evidence leads us to a counterintuitive conclusion: the true insurrection is unfolding not in hours but in weeks, not in the halls of Congress but in the streets of Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Newark, and 200 other American cities.
Begin with January 6. That day has been declared an "insurrection" by countless media outlets and politicians, but few have paused to consider whether it fits the legal or historical definitions. What occurred was a riot, prompted by frustration, compounded by poor security, and intensified by a combustible mix of rhetoric and confusion. But a riot is not an insurrection. The FBI has stated repeatedly that it found "scant evidence" of a centrally coordinated plan to overthrow the government. No weapons stockpile, no alternate government-in-waiting, no attempt to hold territory, and no coherent manifesto. The breach of the Capitol was disgraceful, but by nightfall the constitutional order resumed. Congress certified the election. The government never lost control, nor did the crowd have any real plan or desire to seize it.
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