USA HISTORY

In Schenck v. United States (1919, ) the Supreme Court decided that a “clear and present danger” to the country allowed the federal government to

(A) Establish a peacetime draft

(B) ** Restrict First Amendment rights

(C) Suspend habeas corpus

(D) Limit minority voting rights

Concept note-1: -United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919) If speech is intended to result in a crime, and there is a clear and present danger that it actually will result in a crime, the First Amendment does not protect the speaker from government action.