...or measures of the government of the United States"; or counseling or advising such opposition; or writing, printing, uttering, or publishing "any false,...writings against the government of the United States, or the President of the United States with intent to defame ... or to bring them or either of them,...

...such as he suspects of treasonable machinations. The Sedition Act punished with fine and imprisonment "any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States . . . with intent to defame the said government." It was a republican government's version of lese...

...Sedition Act criminalized the publication of "any false, scandalous or malicious writing . . . against the Government of the United States, or either House of the Congress, with intent to defame . . . or to bring them . . . into contempt or disrepute."20 There was considerable...

...by a $5,000 fine and five years in prison, 'if any person shall write, print, utter or publish . . . any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings...the United States, or either house of the Congress .... or the President . . . , with intent to defame ... or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt...

...dollars for anyone writing, printing, or making any "false, scandalous, and malicious" statement "against the Government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, with intent to defame ... or to bring them . . . into contempt or disrepute." There were some twenty-five...

...and at least two Republican newspapers were shut down.152 The law made it a crime to utter or publish "any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the Government of the United States, with intent to defame ... or to bring them into contempt or disrepute."1'3 Not only was a congressman,...

...every sort. By 1798 the government had had enough; Congress passed the Sedition Law, an act to punish "any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States."1i Under the Sedition Law twenty-five persons were arrested, ten tried, and ten convicted —...

...to "write, print, utter or publish . . . any false, scandalous and malicious writing . . . against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress ... or the President . . . with intent to defame ... or to bring them, or any of them, into contempt...

...The Sedition Act attempted to suppress criticism of the government. This law made it a crime to print "any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings...either House of the Congress of the United States, with intent to defame ... or to bring them . . . into contempt or disrepute."3 Having lost the struggle...

...Sedition Acts. The Sedition Act provided that "if any person shall write, print, utter, or publish . . . any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings...United States, or either house of the Congress of the US or the President of the US, with intent to defame ... or to bring either of them into contempt or...