Abrams v. United States decision

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Abrams_v._United_States_decision

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:250_U.S._616
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter gptkb:Justice_James_Clark_McReynolds gptkb:Justice_Joseph_McKenna gptkb:Justice_John_Hessin_Clarke gptkb:Justice_Mahlon_Pitney gptkb:Justice_William_R._Day gptkb:Justice_Edward_Douglass_White
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	1919-11-10
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Jacob_Abrams_et_al._v._United_States
gptkbp:heldBy	The United States can criminalize speech that poses a clear and present danger to the government during wartime.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Abrams v. United States decision
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:United_States_government gptkb:Jacob_Abrams
gptkbp:legalIssue	gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917 gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_John_Hessin_Clarke
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:Brandenburg_v._Ohio
gptkbp:plotSummary	The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of defendants under the Espionage Act for distributing leaflets critical of U.S. intervention in Russia during World War I.
gptkbp:predecessor	First Amendment jurisprudence
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:clear_and_present_danger_test gptkb:Brandenburg_v._Ohio gptkb:Schenck_v._United_States
gptkbp:result	Conviction affirmed
gptkbp:subject	freedom of speech political dissent wartime speech
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1919_in_American_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7