Brandon is weak
Posted on 02/22/2022 6:57:51 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Sedition Act passed during World War I
President Woodrow Wilson, in conjunction with congressional leaders and the influential newspapers of the era, urged passage of the Sedition Act in the midst of U.S. involvement in World War I. Wilson was concerned about the country’s diminishing morale and looking for a way to clamp down on growing and widespread disapproval of the war and the military draft that had been instituted to fight it.
Targets of Act were typically individuals who opposed the war effort
The provisions of the act prohibited certain types of speech as it related to the war or the military. Under the act, it was illegal to incite disloyalty within the military; use in speech or written form any language that was disloyal to the government, the Constitution, the military, or the flag; advocate strikes on labor production; promote principles that were in violation of the act; or support countries at war with the United States.
The targets of prosecution under the Sedition Act were typically individuals who opposed the war effort, including pacifists, anarchists, and socialists. Violations of the Sedition Act could lead to as much as twenty years in prison and a fine of $10,000. More than two thousand cases were filed by the government under the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918, and of these more than one thousand ended in convictions.
Court upheld Sedition Act convictions against First Amendment challenges
The Supreme Court upheld the convictions of many of the individuals prosecuted. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. established the “clear and present danger” test in Schenck v. United States (1919). In upholding Socialist Charles Schenck’s conviction, Justice Holmes wrote that “the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic.” The Court also unanimously upheld convictions in Debs v. United States (1919) and Frohwerk v. United States (1919).
In Abrams v. United States (1919), the Court reviewed the conviction under the act of Jacob Abrams, who, along with four other Russian defendants, was prosecuted for printing and distributing leaflets calling for workers to strike in an effort to end military involvement in the Soviet Union. The Court in late 1919 upheld the conviction.
However, in this instance Holmes, along with Justice Louis D. Brandeis, dissented from the majority, arguing that the “clear and present danger” test was not met under the circumstances arising in the case. Specifically, Holmes felt that Abrams had not possessed the necessary intent to harm the U.S. war effort. In contrast to his majority opinion in Schenck, Holmes’s dissenting opinion in Abrams urged that political speech be protected under the First Amendment.
The Sedition Act of 1918 was repealed in 1920, although many parts of the original Espionage Act remained in force.
For my part, I’d rather help Putin than biden.
At least Putin is doing more things right than biden, et al are.
Ooooo, sounds impressive. But it’s CNN. Wah Wah Wah.
The rebellion begun has.
Just like Canada.
The whole world can see that Biden is weak without any help from any republican.
Other threads lately have speculated special arcane enhancements for Hillary, Pelosi, Biden and Soros have to do with Egyptian tana leaves, ancient secret embalming fluids reserved for kings and pharaohs plus lymph and blood transfers from young victims. Plus vitamin B-12.
To the North, we have a nation turning to totalitarianism.
To the South, we have narco nation where heads are chopped off.
To the East, we have Russia rattling acres.
To the West, we have China screwing with everyone.
In Washington, D.C., the criminal Democrats are only concerned with putting our money in their pockets.
Maybe the “elites” don’t like four years of peace, the first in what, forty years? Abraham accords, China contained, Taliban put in their place, Russia having no need to invade another country (and yes Ukraine is much too close to major Russian population centers, think of what Kennedy had to do when Soviet missiles in Cuba were within minutes of being able to obliterate Florida).
Brandon is weak
“In all fairness, this sounds a lot like what the war party (R and D) said about opponents of the Iraq war”
Leftists were against Iraq.
It is not as if we are texting Putin telling him Biden is smushy in the head, Putin has known that for a year just from observations
If it snows tonight at my house, CNN will blame Trump before morning.
They are already starting to use the “T” word against anyone who criticizes Brandon.
Bidens moves against Putin are feckless and border on appeasement. It seems that some sort of back room deal has been made so sanctions busting can take place. And I bet it goes through Hunter.
And not rejecting a wrong resident is how we get involved in a war we shouldn’t be in.
Democrats are the party of the ugly.
Lol. Like Putin didn’t figure it out for himself. Lol.
I've been calling it for week, they are probably drafting the Sedition Acts right now.
Can't let Trudeau surpass Biden on the world stage!
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