The Sedition Act of 1918, Second Order Thinking and how not to handle a major Flu Pandemic — Mistakes Were Made

In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson with the help of Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1918. The law extended the Espionage Act of 1917 and covers a broader range of offenses. The main component of the law was to ban any speech or expression of opinion that would cast the government or the war effort in…