JOURN 4000 1st Edition Lecture 5Outline of Last LectureI. Important cases in US history Outline of Current LectureI. Important cases in US history Current Lecture1917- Espionage Acts of 1917-Bradley Manning convicted under this act-Could be punished for 20 years for obstructing military recruitment-Urging curtailment of necessary war material as well1919- First 1st Amendment case (Schenck vs. US)-Communists and socialists did not like the draft/ US alliance with the Czar of Russia-Schenck was general secretary of the Socialists Party of the US-Schenck and other defendants sent out leaflets opposing the draft-Said the draft violated the 13th Amendment (no involuntary servitude)-Leaflets encouraged obstruction of the draft, according to the government-Schenck et. al appeals to Supreme Court, citing freedom of expression-Oliver Wendell Homes wrote decision-Government won-Clear and present danger test “can’t shout fire in crowded theatre”-Eugene Debs talking about the draft in a speech, said he was proud of his friends for avoidingthe draft-Appeals to Supreme Court conviction upheldThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-William Harding pardoned Debs1919- Supreme Court upheld Frohwerks vs. United States-Missouri State News published convicted 1919- Abrams case-marketplace of ideas-All defendants born in Russia-Radical Jewish group-Same time as the Russian civil war-Marines sent to Siberia in 1918 move to attack Germans from opposite direction-5 Russians were confused and believed the US was trying to crush Russian Revolution-Violated “curtailment of necessary war material”-Majority opinion upholds conviction-Holmes
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