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Arguably the Espionage Act could be interpreted and used to prosecute any speech that is not supportive of the US government and lately for any federal whistleb
by stevenwoo 8y ago
Arguably the Espionage Act could be interpreted and used to prosecute any speech that is not supportive of the US government and lately for any federal whistleblowers, it seems pretty incongruous with the First Amendment but the law has been supported by the Supreme Court multiple times and here we are.
- i_am_nomad 8y agoIt’s true that Americans are pretty extremist about freedom of speech, but even they understand that speech in the service of actual espionage should be punished. Outside of that I’m unaware of how the Espionage Act has been used to suppress speech.
- dTal 8y agoLet me enlighten you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917#History