USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -United States (1919) In the landmark Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919), the Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Charles Schenck and Elizabeth Baer for violating the Espionage Act of 1917 through actions that obstructed the “recruiting or enlistment service” during World War I.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Schenck v. United States involved the conviction of Charles Schenck, a prominent socialist who attempted to distribute thousands of flyers to American servicemen recently drafted to fight in World War I. Above, a 1914 anarchist rally in New York’s Union Square. In Schenck v.

Detailed explanation-4: -He condemned the federal government, the war and the draft with very strong language, but he advocated only peaceful resistance. Schenck was charged with violating the Espionage Act of 1917, which made it a crime to, among other things, “obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service.”