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Why Would Most, If Not All, of the Sedition Convictions

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Why would most, if not all, of the sedition convictions during World War I and the Red Scare be overturned today?


A) The Smith Act of 1940 gave citizens broader free speech protections.
B) Few citizens object to American actions overseas in the way they did back then.
C) The Supreme Court has since ruled that free speech is an absolute right with no exceptions.
D) The United States no longer relies on a military draft.
E) The current standard of the direct incitement test means that speech that sounds dangerous might not actually pose a real threat to public safety.

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