Winner's conviction has added to a century-long controversy over the Espionage Act and its relationship to free speech. Passed two months after the United States entered World War I in 1917 ...

The Espionage Act is a World War I-era law covering the ... In 1918, a set of amendments prohibited speech considered disloyal or abusive to the United States. During the war, for example, the ...

“In this whole fake indictment, they don’t even once mention the Presidential Records Act, he said. “Because they want to use something called the Espionage Act.” “Doesn’t that sound ...

In his victory speech, Trump called the media "the enemy ... they were charged under a draconian World War I-era law called the Espionage Act. Despite its name, the law has rarely been used ...

Former President Donald Trump addressed Georgia’s State Republican Convention on Saturday, June 10, where he mocked the criminal indictment recently brought against him, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Because of this history, the act is often assailed for chilling First Amendment political speech and activities. The Espionage Act is serious and politically loaded business. Its breadth ...

Over the coming decades, the rise of the First Amendment movement also helped protect dissident speech. That being said, Lebovic said the Espionage Act still raises some concerns about censorship ...

The Espionage Act of 1917 dates back to World War I ... according to the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University. Section 793 of the act specifically is concerned with "gathering ...

What were the sedition amendments? In 1918, Congress approved a set of amendments to the Espionage Act that criminalized speech disloyal to the U.S. government, the Constitution, the military or ...