It's also the law they wanted to use to charge Snowden, which is why he noped out of the US. It doesn't allow the defense to introduce motive to the jury, which would make a huge difference in many cases where it's used, and is actually why it is used, because the government doesn't want the jury to sympathize with the defendant
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Espionage Act (1917) The Espionage Act, passed on this day in 1917, is a federal U.S. law which has been used to suppress labor and political activism from American dissidents such as Eugene V....
What's a good or service that both the upper class and lower class buy, but the middle class doesn't?
I'd change that to "illegal drugs" as lower class can't usually afford cocaine that's not cut with fentanyl, but instead buy weed, shrooms, acid, meth, and other cheap drugs. Rich people, in addition to cocaine also have access to more of the designer drugs like MDMA, not to mention prescription drugs with a high street value that poor folks can't afford unless they're addicted to something like painkillers, but then they'll usually have to go the cheaper route of fentanyl
TIL the original drummer of The Offspring is a gynecological oncologist who was sued for malpractice. The judge called a mistrial when he saved a juror who had a heart attack
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What year is it?