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The Alien and Sedition Acts were later declared unconstitutional by the USSC.
But for a few years they were the law of the United States.
if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or publishing, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said government, or either house of the said Congress, or the said President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States
It appeared to me that something like that (in this case applied to the President and Congress) is what you thought should be prosecutable. It certainly prohibits speech and print that would injure them. |
