Freedom of Speech in Times of War: The Sedition Act of 1918

Author: Davis Annie  

Publisher: National Council for the Social Studies

ISSN: 0037-7724

Source: Social Education, Vol.79, Iss.3, 2015-05, pp. : 125-129

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Abstract

Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully ... 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 by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished. ...