MMC 3200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Abolitionism In The United States, Criminal Syndicalism
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Seditious libel and the right to criticize the government *critical dates in the history of sedition law (pg. The essence of democracy is participation by citizens in the process of govt. 55) e(cid:454): (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:374)o(cid:272)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e of musli(cid:373)s(cid:863) a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:448)alues do(cid:374)"t t(cid:396)a(cid:374)slate (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:449)ide. Counterspeech: the remedy for speech with which we disagree is not censorship or violence but rather to add more speech to the marketplace of ideas to counteract or contradict the disagreeable speech. 2006: treason case targeting adam gadahn for producing propaganda videos for al qaeda. There are limits in the u. s on how far people may go in their political speech against the govt. The sedition law forbade false, scandalous, and malicious publications against the u. s govt. , Punishment for those who urged resistance to the federal law (as much as a fine and jail term of two years) Two eras in the 19th century during which censorship was not uncommon (the abolitionist period and the civil war)
