Essay On Sedition

Government censorship continued with the passing of the Espionage Act in 1917 and the Sedition Amendment in 1918. The Espionage Act and Sedition Amendment condemned any antiwar activity or desecrating of the government, Constitution, flag, or military. The American public could not have an opinion, unless that opinion supported the war and government. Even Wilson stated, "Woe be to the man or group of men that seeks to stand in our way." Government censorship and “unpatriotic acts”, as deemed by the Espionage Act and Sedition Amendment, gave birth to a suspicious nation.

In 2017 alone, there have been multiple riots born of originally peaceful protests. Students in Middlebury College in Vermont revolted at a peaceful debate with far-right Charles Murray. While Murray tried to reach his building, a mob formed, forcing him and his debate-partner, Allison Stanger, to move to another building (Beinhart np). When Murray and Stanger tried to leave, they and the car they were in were attacked by students. The leftist Stanger was sent to the emergency room because she tried to protect the guest (Fatzick np). In Berkeley, California, students were up in arms, wanting to prevent Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking. Their haste to silence a man they disagreed with led to a huge disaster. In the streets, fellow classmates were attacked. One student who supported President Trump was brutally beaten, and an innocent bystander who claimed to be Muslim was assaulted for “looking like a Nazi” (Ramaiyer np). Others were beset upon as well, with pepper-spray, matches, and baseball bats. In total, only one person was arrested (French np). Unless this one person attacked this many people and businesses, it’s safe to assume that dozens of perpetrators have gone unpunished for the crime of hurting a human being! This ‘free speech’ is not protected under the First Amendment. People are hurting other people. Another time Mr. Yiannopoulos attempted to give a speech, protesters rudely barged into the lecture

Numerous times, protests start off as untroubling. In fact, they are beneficial to a certain extent, for they “provide a vent to society and also allow governments to understand better the issues their citizens are facing” (UN News Centre 2012). However, often these protests cross this blurry line and are rendered violent, causing danger to the American people. A recent example of a protest transforming into a riot was the Anti- Trump protest in Portland. These protests started off as being peaceful and allowed the protesters to express their opinions on the issue. However, the protesters eventually became so invested in the matter that it quickly mutated into a riot with people smashing windows, kicking cars, and vandalizing buildings (USA TODAY 2016) .This rapid change from peace to violence is a result of the blurry line between what is considered peaceful and what is considered violent. Due to the few restrictions on both the right to petition and assemble, what is perceived as violent is open to interpretation. More specifically, the protesters may not have deemed that kicking cars and smashing windows was violent; thus, they proceeded with these clearly dangerous activities anyways. Since the unlimited nature of both of these rights leaves a massive gray area in regards to what is

Peaceful resistance to laws is one of the strongest and most important foundations of a free society. Countless peaceful demonstrations have been led in the history of the United States, with positive outcomes that have helped shape the country.

The Sedition Act of 1798 was a law that made it illegal for anyone to say anything that made the government look bad. Zinn said that “This act seemed to violate the first amendment directly. Yet it was enforced. It also brought the Power To Tax and Whiskey Rebellion.

Government censorship continued with the passing of the Espionage Act in 1917 and the Sedition Amendment in 1918. The Espionage Act and Sedition Amendment condemned any antiwar activity or desecrating of the government, Constitution, flag, or military. The American public were almost at a point where they could not have an opinion, unless in support of the war and government. Even Wilson stated, "Woe be to the man or group of men that seeks to stand in our way." These acts of censorship gave birth to a suspicious nation.

In the 1773 when the Sons of Liberty tossed a shipload of tea in the Boston Harbor, many people portrayed them as violent criminals. Although they did treat some wooden crates rather badly, they were very organized and even swept up spilled leaves off the ship’s deck when they were done. There have even been cases recently of people practicing peaceful, civil disobedience who were incriminated in the media, but since these events are recent and heated, I will not discuss them. Alternately, sometimes protesters who are behaving violently and are putting other people’s lives at risk are cast as peaceful citizens concerned about the current state of political affairs. This can be dangerous, because it tries to grant legitimacy to a group that does not need their actions condoned, and turns civil disobedience into another meaning less

In our society today, we have a government that was made the founding fathers of the constitution. The founding fathers created the way, our government is by making the constitution. As a society, individuals give up rights in order to feel safe and not have one branch of government to control our government. This is why the framers created the bill of rights, so that individuals would have their rights protected. Did the bill of rights always protect the rights given to the people? During times of crises, individuals lose or are limited in the powers that were given to the people of any country. The Unites States was no exception. The framers during the late 1790S were in fear of the French influence on our newly founded nation. With the fear of influence of outside forces, our government passed the sedition act in 1798. The sedition act limited our first and tenth amendment rights and gave our government more discretion to label individuals criminals. Is it right for our government to restrict our individual rights for the safety of the whole nation? In this essay, I will argue how the sedition act of 1798 was unconstitutional and how it violated our amendment rights. I will also take a look at how the sedition act came to be and why the government and president during that time agreed with the law. Does our government always have the best interest of the nation, or is it self-interest?

Given the rights-suppressing nature of the Alien and Sedition Acts, there was naturally a strongly negative response to the passage of the legislation, which marred then-President John Adams’ reputation in the eyes of the public. The Bill of Rights bestowed upon people of America the freedom of speech and press in the first amendment (“Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press”) in 1791. Yet, only seven years later, in response to the American protest of the conflict with France, the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed, which have been called “some of the most hotly debated laws in American history” (Lynch). The Alien and Sedition acts were a set of four laws: the Naturalization Act, the Alien Friends Act,

Sedition Act of 1918- on may 16,1918, the U.S congress passed the Sedition Act, a piece of legislation designed to protect America’s participation in World War 1.

As a wannabe free society, it is our duty to resist unjust laws. Our Declaration of Independence states that citizens of this country have the right to revolt against our government if our government passes and enforces unjust laws. When people hear the word “revolution”, they immediately assume violence. However, there are ways to revolt without using force; this is often referred to as “peaceful resistance”. Some people believe that peaceful resistance is a disrespect to our government and an undermining of American “power”.

You have inquired about the elements of and what steps are necessary in order for an individual to engage in a civil conspiracy. In order to make a prima facie claim for civil conspiracy, the plaintiff must satisfy the following elements:

Peaceful resistance is a major part of American history, from the American Revolution to the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement to the Travel Ban protests of today. These instances of peaceful resistance shape American society for the better, as the voices of minorities are heard and unjust laws are ended. Peaceful resistance does positively impact a free society, as supported by Henry Thoreau, demonstrated by the 1960 Civil Rights Movement, and anticipated by protests of today.

Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America on November 8th, 2016, and now has been running our country for over a year. As Trump’s first year in office slowly began, his reputation seems to be creating different outside views of our nation and arguments started producing everywhere. After competing with Hillary Clinton for the presidential term in office, Trump defeated her along with her democratic supporters causing one of the most shocking elections in U.S. history. Using public media web pages, we are reviewing both sides of the argument regarding Trump’s election and we are going to decipher why each arguer supports their side, and why each side is reasonable for the benefit of our country.

I believe peaceful resistance to laws negatively impact a free society. Although in history there are many examples where this very thing positively impacted our society, I feel with the way the American people are today that this is becoming more and more of a negative impact. I base my belief on the example of protesting. Although this falls under our 1st Amendment right; and I completely support this right; I feel too many Americans now are protesting every single thing that does not go their way. In the past protests were more when a persons rights had been violated and therefore a protest was a good way to bring attention to this and a way to help bring new laws. However as the years have passed and we have become a nation of "people pleasers" and