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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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freedom of the press
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gptkbp:controversy
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First Amendment rights
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gptkbp:criminalizes
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false statements against the government
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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July 14, 1798
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:Quasi-War_with_France
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sedition Act of 1798
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Kentucky_and_Virginia_Resolutions
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:notableCase
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gptkb:James_Callender
gptkb:Matthew_Lyon
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gptkbp:numberOfProsecutions
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over 20
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
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gptkbp:penalty
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fine and imprisonment
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gptkbp:purpose
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to restrict speech critical of the federal government
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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No, but expired
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:John_Adams
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gptkbp:target
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gptkb:Democratic-Republican_press
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gptkbp:validOn
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March 3, 1801
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:James_Thomson_Callender
gptkb:James_Callender
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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