Trump May Soon Try to Use the Alien Enemies Act as a Tool for Deportation
Media reports indicate the Trump Administration may be about to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as a tool to facilitate ...
Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
even temporarily – the Sedition Act expired in 1801 – but context is important. While drafting the Bill of Rights two decades ...
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Fact check: Goldberg says the First Amendment 'doesn't allow you to willingly lie'
The Sedition Act, which was allowed to expire in 1801, would be viewed as unconstitutional under modern First Amendment law, Volokh said, "because it requires the government to decide what’s a ...
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Sedition Act not usually used but Sanusi's case different, says PM Anwar
SEKINCHAN: The Sedition Act is usually not used against anyone, but the issue at hand was different in the case of caretaker Kedah mentri besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, says Datuk Seri ...
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Hong Kong top court affirms conviction of opposition activist under repealed sedition law
The court’s analysis began with the British colonial Sedition Ordinance 1938, which included the offense of uttering any seditious words. The 1970 amendment defined “seditious intention” to include ...