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  2. Schenck v. United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the White Court

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    Schenck v. United States: 249 U.S. 47 (1919) freedom of speech, “clear and present danger”, “shouting fire in a crowded theater” Debs v. United States: 249 U.S. 211 (1919) sedition Abrams v. United States: 250 U.S. 616 (1919) validity of criminalizing criticism of the government Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States: 251 U.S. 385 (1920)

  4. Espionage Act of 1917 - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court disagreed. The Espionage Act limits on free speech were ruled constitutional in the U.S. Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States (1919). [38] Schenck, an anti-war Socialist, had been convicted of violating the Act when he sent anti-draft pamphlets to men eligible for the draft.

  5. List of landmark court decisions in the United States

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    (Overruled by Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson (1952)) Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919) Expressions in which the circumstances are intended to result in crime that poses a clear and present danger of succeeding can be punished without violating the First Amendment. (Overruled by Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)) Abrams v.

  6. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First ...

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    Debs v. United States (1919) Schenck v. United States (1919) Abrams v. United States (1919) Gitlow v. New York (1925) Whitney v. California (1927) Dennis v. United States (1951) Communist Party v. Subversive Activities Control Board (1955) Yates v. United States (1957) Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

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  8. We Don't Need Terrorism Laws When Murder Is Already Illegal - AOL

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    In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the FBI began to raise the alarm about "ecoterrorism," and several states capitalized on those fears to pass "ag-gag" laws making it illegal to film inside farms ...

  9. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. [A] Holmes is one of the most widely cited and influential Supreme Court justices in American history, noted for his long tenure on the Court and for his pithy opinions—particularly those on civil liberties and American ...