Re-enact The Sedition Act

Re-enact The Sedition Act

With all the moaning and complaining about the war,coming from the Left side of the political spectrum, and a few lonely voices on the Right, and considering the damage all this is doing the war effort and , too, considering that all this anti-war, anti-Bush, rhetoric is, at some level, giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the US…isn’t it about time we re-enacted The Sedition Act?

I understand that many today have never heard of The Sedition Act, but the US found it useful during the First World War. (It was repealed in 1921.)

Now, when one backs away, a bit, so as to get a look at the broader picture of the attempts by the MSN, and the politicos on the Left side of the political spectrum, in this country, and then read the old Sedition Act, one begins to see the damage so many of us fear is being done to the US by those continually nipping at the ankles of the US Military as it tries to do it’s job.

I have managed to get a copy of the wording of the Sedition act and here it is. You will find it interesting reading and it might help you understand why some of us are so worried about the loud mouth complainers and moaners and whiners of the US today. Read it. And think seriously about what it says and think about those today who would be easily convicted under the terms of this Act:

Text of the Sedition Act:

SECTION 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements, ...or incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct ...the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, or ...shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States ...or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully ...urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production ...or advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both....

United States, Statutes at Large, Washington, D.C., 1918, Vol. XL, p. 553 and following.

The above is just a portion of the amendment to Section 3 of the Espionage Act of June 15th, 1917. The Act was repealed in 1921.

As I listened to the diatribes from the floor of the US Senate Chamber last week, I began to wonder if it wasn’t, indeed, time to drag out the “Sedition Act” and dust it off and re-enact it as The Sedition Act of 2005.

Something to think about as we listen, and read, the scurrilous attacks on our military, and this country, while they/we are at war.

Your Obedient Servant,

“Longstreet”
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