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American labor and political leader (1855–1926)
Democratic socialism is criticized on several fronts: opponents warn it can stifle economic incentives and efficiency, risk expanding state control or fiscal burdens, and faces questions about whether...
A person with a felony conviction is not categorically barred by the U.S. Constitution from running for or serving as President or from holding most federal elected offices; the Constitution’s eligibi...
The U.S. Constitution lists only three qualifications for president—natural-born citizenship, age 35, and 14 years’ residency—and does not mention criminal convictions, so a felony conviction by itsel...
Federal felony convictions do not, by the plain text of the Constitution or by settled federal statute, automatically bar a person from running for or holding most U.S. federal offices; the Constituti...
The U.S. Constitution sets only three formal qualifications for the presidency—natural-born citizenship, at least 35 years of age, and 14 years’ residency—which do not mention criminal convictions, so...
The U.S. Constitution’s eligibility rules for president—natural-born citizenship, at least 35 years old, and 14 years’ residence—do not mention criminal convictions, so a felony conviction does not au...
Sedition prosecutions in U.S. history have sometimes carried steep penalties: under the Sedition Act of 1798 defendants faced fines and imprisonment — courts recorded sentences like nine months for so...
Early 20th‑century Supreme Court decisions during World War I — notably Schenck, Debs and Abrams — affirmed government power to punish speech that Congress said would obstruct the war effort, introduc...
Governments and courts in the 20th century repeatedly used sedition and related statutes to criminalize political dissent — from the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts’ prosecutions of critics through World...
Zohran Mamdani’s upbringing — born in Kampala to academic Mahmood Mamdani and filmmaker Mira Nair, raised in Queens and active early as a community organizer and foreclosure counselor — appears repeat...
U.S. wartime sedition enforcement has ranged from fines and short jail terms in the 1798 Sedition Act era to sentences of up to 20 years (and fines up to $10,000) under World War I-era Espionage/Sedit...