Thursday, February 11, 2016

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

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