Maybe NP, maybe not: an inquiry

Ghetta Life ghetta_outta at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 30 08:29:58 CST 2003


>From: "Keith McMullen" <keithsz at concentric.net>
>
>You can read it out loud, but it must be done sacredly, not profanely

The law itself was clearly unconstitutional, passed in the frenzy of war, 
and lasted only three years:

http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_162900_seditionact.htm

(May 16, 1918), law passed by Congress during World War I providing for 
punishment of persons who interfered with the war effort, spoke disloyally 
of the U.S. Constitution or federal government, or hindered the production 
of war materials. Eugene V. Debs, leader of the U.S. Socialist party, was 
imprisoned under this act. Congress repealed the law in 1921.

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