Columbia Law School's Richard Briffault explains why treason is the only crime defined in the US Constitution. Following is a transcript of the video: The Constitution specifically defines what ...

The drafters of the Constitution reached back (as had the Continental Congress) to language in the Statute of Treasons, 25 Edw. 3, 1351, ch. 2, stat. 5, which limited treason, among other things ...

According to the Constitution, punishment can be set by ... used its constitutional power of declaring the punishment for treason by establishing the penalty of death, with seven years ...