Year: 1919
Result: 9-0 United States won
Constitutional Issue: 1st amendment
Right or Liberty: Liberty
Significance: Scheck's actions presented a clear and present danger.
Quote: "We admit that, in many places and in ordinary times, the defendants, in saying all that was said in the circular, would have been within their constitutional rights. But the character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done...When a nation is at war, many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight, and that no Court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right."
Summary: Free speech limited during war time
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