In the midst of ongoing demonstrations around the country arising from the May murder of George Floyd, Attorney General William Barr reportedly told United States Attorneys on a conference call last month to consider prosecuting protesters under the federal statute that criminalizes sedition. Two weeks ago Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen endorsed that approach, writing in a leaked email, "The attorney general and I recently discussed with you the need to consider the use of a variety of federal charges that may be appropriate, including seditious conspiracy." The alarming prospect of sedition prosecutions of protesters warrants an examination of the First Amendment protections against government invocation of sedition to suppress political dissent.