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A newspaper editor who wrote a column stating it was immoral for the United States to be involved in a war could be convicted of violating which of the following?

Sedition Act
Espionage Act
Schenck decision
Selective Service Act

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At one point, a newspaper editor who wrote a column stating it was immoral for the United States to be involved in a war could be convicted of violating the "Sedition Act," since this was part of the "Alien and Sedition Act"--although such action today would be highly unlikely.
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