The Act was first passed into law in 1917 just after the U.S. entered World War I. It was a time when alarms over immigrants and “enemy aliens” and acts of terrorism targeting the homeland were at a fever pitch. In 1918, the act was amended to include sedition which, into the 1920s, saw the Act used to justify political harassment, book banning, and disloyalty, among others.
Many Trump supporters contend that the Act is being employed in this case for a political hit-job. Yet, the indictment unsealed by Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith earlier this week effectively paints the former president as a security risk. Whether his
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