Question

It was a United States Supreme Court decision

that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 and
concluded that a defendant did not have a First
Amendment right to express freedom of speech
against the draft during World War I.
(A) Plessy v. Ferguson
(B) Schenck v. United States
(C) Korematsu v. United States
(D) Eugene V. Debs v. United States

Answer 1

In Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court upheld the Espionage Act of 1917, concluding that a defendant did not have a First Amendment right to express freedom of speech against the draft during World War I.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer is option (B) Schenck v. United States. In Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that Charles Schenck, a Socialist Party member, was not protected by the First Amendment when he distributed anti-draft leaflets during World War I. The Court upheld the Espionage Act of 1917, which made it a crime to obstruct military recruitment or encourage insubordination in the armed forces.

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