Wednesday, March 07, 2007

LAD #27- Schneck vs. United States

This was a Supreme Court decision where the question of whether a person had the right to speak out against a draft during wartime, in accordance with the rights mentioned in the First Amendment. Schneck was a Socialist, and he circulated flyers advocating the question of the draft. In the end, it was proclaimed that people did not have unconditional free speech, citing shouting a “fire in a crowded movie theatre” would go against the rights of the individual citizens.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home