LAD#31

After reading Woodrow Wilson's 14 points, this is the summary I came up with:
He begins by talking about his purpose with his 14 points: peace. He talks about how America had entered the war because of the violations of basic human rights that had occurred. He then introduces his 14 point plan to keep another war from happening. His points were that there would be only open policy(so there would be no secret alliances), that there must be open waters, that there can't be any economic barriers between nations, that there must be a limit to the amount of weapons each country has at one time, that the countries must look at their colonies with an open mind, that everybody needs to get out of Russian land, that Belgium would be restored, that the conflict over Alsace-Lorraine needed to be fixed, that the borders of Italy needed to be redone, that the Autria-Hungarian people needed to be given the chance to recover, that some of the Russian territories be evacuated, just like Russia, that the Ottoman Empire should develop a more stable government, that Poland would become its own country, and that all countries must be guaranteed political freedom through one group of countries(The League of Nations). Wilson then concludes by talking about how America has no hard feelings towards the Germans, and that nobody wants to fight, but this is the only way to make that happen.

Woodrow Wilson(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Wilson's 14 points

LAD#30

After reading the Schenck vs. US case, this is the summary I came up with:
This case was about the drafting during World War I, The Great War. Some were suggesting that the draft was wrong, so peaceful action was taken against the drafting. Schenck was part of the Espionage Act, which was attempting to promote insubordination in the military and obstruct recruitment. He was stopped, but because of the Freedom of Speech, mentioned in the first amendment, this was taken to the Supreme Court. There they decided that Schenck was not protected in this situation because it was during a war, and during wartime people are not allowed to do things like this because, as Holmes says, it "create[s] a clear and present danger".

Freedom of Speech Political Cartoon(click hyperlink for source)

My source for this:
Schenck v. United States