Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Espionage Act of 1917 was passed, along with the Trading with the Enemy Act, just after the United States entered World War I in April 1917.It was based on the Defense Secrets Act of 1911, especially the notions of obtaining or delivering information relating to "national defense" to a person who was not "entitled to have it".
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.A unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., concluded that Charles Schenck and other defendants, who distributed flyers to draft-age men urging resistance to induction, could be convicted of an ...
The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 attempted to punish enemy activity and extended to the punishment expressions of doubt about America's role in the war. The Sedition Act criminalized any expression of opinion that used "disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language" about the U.S. government, flag or armed forces.
The Immigration Act of 1924 was aimed at stabilizing the traditional ethnic balance and strictly limiting the total inflow. The act completely blocked Asian immigrants, providing no means for them to get in. [2] The Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression led to government efforts to restart the economy and help its victims ...
Documents reveal that the FBI is investigating whether former President Trump violated the Espionage Act of 1917. Here's what to know
Women's suffrage; Repression and persecution. American Defense Society; American Protective League; Communist Party USA and African Americans; Communist Party USA in the labor movement. 1919–1937; 1937–1957; Espionage Act of 1917; First Red Scare; John Birch Society; McCarthyism; Seattle General Strike; Smith Act. Smith Act trials; Anti-war ...
The former president has been indicted under a controversial law passed in 1917 to prevent spying and leaking of government documents What is the Espionage Act that Trump is being investigated ...
Gorin v. United States, 312 U.S. 19 (1941), was a United States Supreme Court case. It involved the Espionage Act of 1917 and its use against Mihail Gorin, an intelligence agent from the Soviet Union, and Hafis Salich, a United States Navy employee who sold to Gorin information on Japanese activity in the U.S.