Schenck v. United States

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Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseOutcome upheld government restrictions
gptkbp:caseTypes constitutional law case
gptkbp:citedBy numerous legal opinions
gptkbp:context World War I era
gptkbp:court gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
unanimous decision
gptkbp:date March 3, 1919
gptkbp:decidedBy 1919
gptkbp:discusses legal textbooks
gptkbp:established clear and present danger test
gptkbp:historicalContext anti-war sentiment
gptkbp:historicalImpact shaped future free speech debates
gptkbp:historicalSignificance reflects wartime tensions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Schenck v. United States
gptkbp:impact First_Amendment_jurisprudence
gptkbp:influenced civil liberties discussions
subsequent_Supreme_Court_cases_on_speech_rights
gptkbp:influencedBy political climate of the time
social context of the time
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Charles_Schenck
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
judicial restraint
upheld restrictions on speech
shaped legal interpretations of free speech
Supreme_Court_review
influenced_future_Supreme_Court_rulings
gptkbp:legalStatus early 20th century America
freedom of speech limitations
upheld conviction for distributing leaflets
affirmed limits on speech during wartime
clear and present danger standard
established free speech limitations
limits of free speech
First_Amendment_rights
First_Amendment_interpretation
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Sedition_Act_of_1918
gptkbp:notableFeature analyzed in law schools
249 U.S. 47
critical in understanding free speech limits
often referenced in free speech debates
often studied in constitutional law courses
landmark_case_in_U.S._legal_history
gptkbp:outcome conviction upheld
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkbp:precedent subsequent free speech cases
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Gitlow_v._New_York
gptkb:Abrams_v._United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo Espionage Act of 1917
civil rights movement
gptkbp:significance first major Supreme Court case on free speech