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Free Speech and World War 1

Free Speech and World War 1. Free Speech?. Are there any limits to your free speech rights?. Limits on Free Speech. Regulation Zone. Political Cartoon. Why Sedition Acts?. The US doesn’t usually have them – the last ones were in 1798 (Quasi War) and in the Civil War

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Free Speech and World War 1

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  1. Free Speech and World War 1

  2. Free Speech? • Are there any limits to your free speech rights?

  3. Limits on Free Speech Regulation Zone

  4. Political Cartoon

  5. Why Sedition Acts? • The US doesn’t usually have them – the last ones were in 1798 (Quasi War) and in the Civil War • Growth of Worker’s Organizations (IWW) and Socialist Party • Rise of immigration • Criticism resulted from “Imperialist” ventures like Cuba and Philippines in the 1890s.

  6. Sedition Act, 1918 • Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States, or the flag of the United States, or the uniform of the Army or Navy of the United States into contempt, scorn, contumely, or disrepute, or shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any language intended to incite, provoke, or encourage resistance to the United States...shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or the imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.

  7. Debs Speech • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGp-0G1p4M

  8. Schenk Pamphlet

  9. You Decide • You are all Supreme Court Justices, and you must decide how you will rule in both cases • Take three minutes to write down your decision, making sure to as clearly and succinctly as you can address WHY you are ruling the way you are

  10. Schenk v. US • Opinion delivered by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. • The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting “Fire!” in a theatre and causing a panic... • The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent... • 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.

  11. Legacies • What are the legacies of this ruling? • Do you see those legacies today? • Do you agree with how the Supreme Court ruled? Why or why not?

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