Schenck vs. US
In this Supreme Court case from 1919, it was decided that a judge could suspend someones freedom of speech if what they were saying caused danger or a clear threat to someone. This was put into action when Schnck and Baer were at trial and they claimed that they had the freedom of speech and so when they were oposing the draft to The Great War, that they were able and should be able to do this but it was decided that they were guilty because their freedom of speech was stopped and limited when they began causing harm by convincing people against the governement.
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