Three of the four acts expired shortly after they were signed into law in the late 1700s. One remains active-and it's been at the center of constitutional debates ever since.

Prosecutors seeking to hold people they suspect cooperated in the Sept. 11 terrorist plots may turn anew to a very old weapon -- the Civil War-era law on sedition. Prosecutors have already cited the ...

Seditious behavior punishable by death. That's how President Trump responded to former military members and intelligence officials who are now current Congress members after they put out this video.

President Donald Trump accused a half-dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition for advising members of the military that they do not have to follow illegal orders, but legal experts told Newsweek that ...

Six Democratic lawmakers are facing federal inquiries after they recorded a video urging military service members not to follow unlawful orders, a message President Trump alleged was "seditious." "Our ...

On Thursday, President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior," calling for their arrest and stating that what they did was "punishable by death."Trump's allegations were ...