[defendants’ attempts to cause disloyalty and mutiny in the military through the publication of newspaper articles in violation of the Espionage Act were not protected […]
Schenck v. United States 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
[Rejecting anti-draft advocates’ First Amendment defense against violation of Espionage Act because speech was sufficiently likely to hinder war effort]
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
[a landmark decision concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917; The Supreme Court concluded the defendants who distributed flyers to draft-age men urging resistance […]