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Sedition Act (1918)  Robert N. Strassfeld  On the evening of
April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson addressed a joint
session of Congress seeking a declaration of war against Germany
and its allies. Later that night, Representative Edwin Webb, of
North Carolina, and Senator Charles Culberson, of Texas,
introduced bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate
to deal with espionage and treason. On June 15, 1917, after much
debate and some alteration, Congress enacted these bills into
law as the Espionage Act (40 Stat. 217).  Even before America's
entry into war, the Wilson administration had sought such...
Search and Seizure: What is the case of Robbins vs California
about?  This case is about searches and seizures that are
conducted without a warrant.  Specifically, it was about whether
the police would need to have a warrant in order to unwrap two
packages wrapped in opaque green plastic and placed in the trunk
of a car.  In this case, t