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elleng

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1. ' defendants who distributed fliers to draft-age men, urging resistance to induction, could be

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2019, 01:44 PM

Mar 2019

convicted of an attempt to obstruct the draft, a criminal offense. The First Amendment did not alter the well-established law in cases where the attempt was made through expressions that would be protected in other circumstances. In this opinion, Holmes said that expressions which in the circumstances were intended to result in a crime, and posed a "clear and present danger" of succeeding, could be punished.'

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Happy 100th anniversary (March 3), Schenck v. United States. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 OP

' defendants who distributed fliers to draft-age men, urging resistance to induction, could be elleng Mar 2019 #1

'the First Amendment did not protect speech encouraging men to resist induction, elleng Mar 2019 #2

THANKS! elleng Mar 2019 #3