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A.J.
Sedition Act of 1918. This was repealed by Congress in 1921. Is it time to bring it back?

QUOTE
Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements, or say or do anything except by way of bona fide and not disloyal advice to an investor or investors, with intent to obstruct the sale by the United States of bonds or other securities of the United States or the making of loans by or to the United States, and whoever when the United States is at war, shall willfully cause or attempt to cause, or incite or attempt to incite, insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct or attempt to obstruct the recruiting or enlistment services of the United States, and whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States, or the flag of the United States, or the uniform of the Army or Navy of the United States into contempt, scorn, contumely, or disrepute, or shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any language intended to incite, provoke, or encourage resistance to the United States, or to promote the cause of its enemies, or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully by utterance, writing, printing, publication, or language spoken, urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production in this country of any thing or things, product or products, necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war in which the United States may be engaged, with intent by such curtailment to cripple or hinder the United States in the prosecution of war, and whoever shall willfully advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated, and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or the imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both...


http://www.uwmc.uwc.edu/hta/secondary/sedi...act_of_1918.htm
Jenn!
Mmmmm, yeah, I'm gonna have to go with a big fat no on that one.
Paul Daniels
Yep too broadly defined.
almaty
i agree...too broad and too orwellian for me
consolemaster
I agree, too Orwellian.
greeneyedgirlfl
My American History class is studying this as a part of a primary source document analysis for the next couple of days...how interesting...
Paul Daniels
"Utterances" could get you fined or jailed.

Yeah... that doesn't totally stink does it...
maviwaro
It can and has been replaced by behind-the-scenes actions, so that is something that also needs to be looked at more carefully.
charles!
yes, no, no.
rebeccajo
Jeez.

Not again.

http://www.constitution.org/rf/sedition_1798.htm
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