This Day in History- The Sedition Act of 1918
The Sedition Act, enacted on May 18th, 1918, was an addition to the Espionage Act of 1917. The Espionage Act made it a crime to interfere with military operations or recruitment, insubordination in the military, and to give support to United States enemies during wartime. The Sedition Act went a step further to establish that anyone who shall “willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere” in United States military operations, or “shall willfully make or convey...