may 16, 1918 - Sedition Act
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The Sedition Act of 1918, enacted during World War I, made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" or to "willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of the production" of the thingsAdded to timeline:
Date:
may 16, 1918
Now
~ 108 years ago