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The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.
The crime of seditious libel was presumed to persist, although last prosecuted in 1901. ... President John Adams signed into law the Sedition Act of 1798, ...
July 14, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: An Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States (Sedition Act), Sess. 2, ch. 74, 1 Stat. 596; July 16, 1798: An Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, Sess. 2, ch. 77, 1 Stat. 605
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Attorney General William Barr can’t seem to get out of the headlines. Maybe he doesn’t want to.Just this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Barr suggested to ...
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation.
Sedition Act may refer to: Alien and Sedition Acts, including the Sedition Act of 1798, laws passed by the United States Congress; Sedition Act 1661, an English statute that largely relates to treason; Sedition Act of 1918, also passed by the United States Congress; Sedition Act 1948, a law in Malaysia; Sedition Act (Singapore), a law in Singapore
The Immigration Act of 1903, ... 1901, Leon F. Czolgosz, an ... It was the first legislation in the US since the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 that called for ...
In addition to considering the use of the military to carry out deportations, Trump and his allies have suggested using an obscure section of the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts -- a set of 18th ...