# Commonwealth v. Nelson

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · January 25, 1954 · 377 Pa. 58

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9716004

## Case

- **Full name:** Commonwealth v. Nelson, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** January 25, 1954
- **Citations:** 377 Pa. 58; 104 A.2d 133; 1954 Pa. LEXIS 497
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Stern
- **Judges:** Stearne, Stern, Stearns, Jones, Bell, Chidsey
- **Cited by:** 34 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Concurring Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern, Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne and Mr. Justice Chidsey :
We concur in the foregoing opinion in its entirety.
Sedition against the United States is not a local offense. It is a crime against the Nation. As such, it should be prosecuted and punished in the Federal courts where this defendant has in fact been prosecuted and convicted and is now under sentence. It is not only important but vital that such prosecutions should be exclusively within the control of the Federal Government, and we are of opinion that this is required in order to harmonize the respective constitutional powers of the Nation and the several States. We assume that the question involved, being obviously one of national importance, will be finally determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.

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