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    Espionage and Sedition Acts In times of war there are many different opinions expressed by the people of the country. Some people would support the decision of war‚ while some people would strongly agree with the concept of war. The question is‚ is there a limit to what is allowed and is not allowed when discussing opinions of war. In June 1917 Congress passed the Espionage Act‚ and in May 1918 it passed the Sedition Act. Under this act any individual could be fined up to $10‚000‚ and be sentenced

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    Sedition Act of 1918 Steven Gilbreath HIST 2020 Darryl Austin March 31‚ 2014 On April 6‚ 1917 the U.S. declared war on Germany. According to the University of Houston’s Digital History site‚ Woodrow Wilson stated‚ “there were ‘millions of men and women of German birth and native sympathy who live amongst us‚’... ‘If there should be disloyalty‚ it will be dealt with a firm hand of repression’”. Within three weeks Congress began debating the issue of espionage during wartime. President Woodrow

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    government tried its best to influence citizens to take part in the war effort. This caused social‚ political‚ and economic impacts on the United States. During the war‚ opinions were‚ for the most part‚ positive. Or were they? Due to the Sedition Act of 1918 in document 3‚ anyone who spoke out in a negative manner‚ represented the United States in any way but favorable‚ or showed any sort of support for enemies of the United States could be fined up to ten thousand dollars and/or sentenced to imprisonment

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    REPRINT Act 15 SEDITION ACT 1948 Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION ‚ MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL SDN BHD AND PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006 015e.fm Page 2 Monday‚ March 27‚ 2006 11:41 AM 2 SEDITION ACT 1948 First enacted … … … … … … 1948 (Ordinance No. 14 of 1948) Revised … … … … … 1969 (Act 15 w.e

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    was a Virginia legislator who was known for his opposition to the Sedition Act of 1798. The Sedition Act was originally part of the Alien and Sedition Acts‚ which were passed at the anticipation of war between our nation and the French. These acts‚ particularly the Alien act were specifically aimed at the French immigrants who were waiting for their citizenships. Americans did not really care about those laws except for the Sedition Act. A lot of Republicans including George Hay opposed to this law

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    The Sedition Act of 1798 For the first few years of Constitutional government‚ under the leadership of George Washington‚ there was a unity‚ commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- " And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being republicans‚ ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists." Although legislators had

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    ADVANTAGES OF SEDITION ACT

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    2.0 WHY MALAYSIAN NEED SEDITION ACTS? : To curb elements that caused disunity. “The Act is still relevant and necessary to curb the action of some people who are out to create chaos and disunity among society. Keeping the act is not for the interest of certain parties including BN but it would be able to prevent some people from playing up issues on religion‚ race and the institution of Malay rulers‚” said Selangor opposition leader Datuk Mohd Shamsuddin Lias in a meeting at the lobby of the Selangor

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    Alien and Sedition Acts DBQ In June and July of 1798‚ the Alien and Sedition acts passed through congress‚ which created dispute between the Federalists and Republicans due to the four factors of Political Ideology‚ Domestic Policies‚ Constitutionality and Foreign Affairs. Political Ideology as the two disputing factions‚ the Federalists and Republicans fought profusely over the passing of these acts‚ one side in support‚ and the other against. Then Domestic Policies as these acts tried to restrict

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    1.0 Introduction In this Act‚ Government means the Government of Malaysia and of any State in Malaysia. Publication includes all written or printed matter and everything whether of a nature similar to written or printed matter or not containing any visible representation or by its form‚ shape or in any other manner capable of suggesting words or ideas‚ and every copy and reproduction or substantial reproduction of any publication. Ruler means the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua

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    from government involvement and would find the Sedition Act of 1798 to be unreasonable. Though the basic content is there‚ the newer version of the amendment allows the government to make laws that limit speech and press. It states that the government cannot make laws to reduce the freedom of speech and press. However‚ currently the government is able to apply consequences to certain cases such as the distribution of obscene material. One

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