History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1078 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Schenck v. United States
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The idea
In Schenck versus United States in nineteen nineteen, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the wartime restrictions on speech under the Espionage Act.
In practice
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes's test: speech posing a clear and present danger.
Where people slip
Unit thirteen returns to the question of loyalty and speech in the second Red Scare.
Your place on the trail
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