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  2. Espionage Act of 1917 - Wikipedia

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    The Espionage Act of 1917 was passed, along with the Trading with the Enemy Act, just after the United States entered World War I in April 1917.It was based on the Defense Secrets Act of 1911, especially the notions of obtaining or delivering information relating to "national defense" to a person who was not "entitled to have it".

  3. Schenck v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.A unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., concluded that Charles Schenck and other defendants, who distributed flyers to draft-age men urging resistance to induction, could be convicted of an ...

  4. Four Lights: An Adventure in Internationalism - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] In November, 1917, publication ceased due to prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917. The NYC-WPP, led by Crystal Eastman , was a branch of the national Women's Peace Party , though the NYC-WPP was often at odds with the state and national branches, particularly as those latter organizations increasingly supported U.S. intervention ...

  5. United States home front during World War I - Wikipedia

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    The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 attempted to punish enemy activity and extended to the punishment expressions of doubt about America's role in the war. The Sedition Act criminalized any expression of opinion that used "disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language" about the U.S. government, flag or armed forces.

  6. What is the Espionage Act that Trump is being ... - AOL

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    The former president has been indicted under a controversial law passed in 1917 to prevent spying and leaking of government documents

  7. Espionage Act: How Trump's case stacks up against other ... - AOL

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    Many people have been charged and jailed under the Espionage Act since it was passed in 1917, as the U.S. entered World War I. Few cases, however, can be compared to the charges brought against ...

  8. History of the United States (1917–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Congress passed, and Wilson signed, the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918. The Sedition Act criminalized any expression of opinion that used "disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language" about the U.S. government, flag or armed forces.

  9. Category : People convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917

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