Posted on 10/19/2004 11:51:04 PM PDT by freestyle
SECTION 3. 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 incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct . . . the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, or . . . 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 shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully . . . urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production . . . or 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 imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both....
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This was Democrat Woodrow Wilson's law that outlawed any dissent from Democrat Woodrow Wilson's war. Republicans used to revile Wilson for such tyranny. Are you suggesting the Republican Party should now emulate the authoritarian Democrats of old?
I know Kerry and his cronies displayed the North Vietnamese flag during the war....
Al Gore sounded pretty seditious the other day , I think a straight jacket is more in order for him though.
Problem is, I think it has to be a declared war before the act goes into force, althought with the bunch of political pansy*ss*s we have in charge now, it is evident that people like John F'n Kerry could probably loudly proclaim public support for terrorism, being absolutely confident that there would be no consequences.
At the time of the Vietnam war I believe that the collaborators on the left hid behind the fact that it was NOT a declared war. No declared war = no sedition.
Absolutely not!
However, I just wanted to see how fast I heard "Al Gore". Because that was the first thing I thought of when I read this (after I noted the odd grammatical structure of the thing).
Kerry and Hanoi Jane should still be scrubbing latrines in prison. Where did we go so far wrong as to not enforce the laws of the United States?
Generally, I agree, but there is an exception that I found.
"..Smith Act1940
· The Smith Act was the first peacetime anti-sedition law since 1798. It banned any advocacy of the violent overthrow of the government. In 1949 eleven leaders of the American Communist party were convicted under the Smith Act. The Supreme Court upheld the convictions in Dennis v. US, ruling that communism presented a clear and present danger to the US..."
As a practical matter, nothing happens with a "peacetime" sedition charge. The government could not convict the Racist leader, Louis Beam and 13 others, of sedition in 1987, although he was indicted and prosecuted, a jury acquitted him. Beam has a LOT smaller following and support than the Vietnam era protesters like Kerry.
And it (Thankfully) was repealed in 1921.
Repealed.
it was repealled(sic)but others took hold,,there were many 1 during the civil war (lincoln) etc etc
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