<Table> Sedition Act of 1918 <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act to amend section three, title one, of the Act entitled "An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes," approved June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Enacted by </Th> <Td> the 65th United States Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Effective </Th> <Td> May 16, 1918 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Citations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Public law </Th> <Td> 65 - 150 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Statutes at Large </Th> <Td> 40 Stat. 553 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Codification </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Acts repealed </Th> <Td> December 13, 1920 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Legislative history </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Introduced in the House as H.R. 8753 by Edwin Y . Webb (D--NC) on April 17, 1918 </Li> <Li> Passed the House on April 23, 1918 (Passed) </Li> <Li> Passed the Senate on May 4, 1918 (48 - 26) </Li> <Li> Reported by the joint conference committee on May 7, 1918; agreed to by the House on May 7, 1918 (292 - 1) and by the Senate on May 7, 1918 (Agreed) </Li> <Li> Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on May 16, 1918 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> United States Supreme Court cases </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Abrams v. United States Brandenburg v. Ohio </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act to amend section three, title one, of the Act entitled "An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes," approved June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes . </Td> </Tr>

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