(1919) *Congressional War Powers
Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) and Schenck v. United States, (1919) are two completely unrelated US Supreme Court cases. For more information on these cases, see Related Questions, below.
Schenck v. United States
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919)The plaintiff was Charles T. Schenck, General Secretary of the Socialist Party, who was convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917 of attempting to interfere with the operation of the United States Armed Forces, and who appealed his conviction to the US Supreme Court.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Limits to free speech were constitutional during national emergencies.
He was noted for his "clear and present danger" majority opinion in the 1919 case of Schenck v. United States.For more information on Schenck v. United States, (1919), see Related Questions, below.
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919)The plaintiff in error/petitioner was Charles T. Schenck, General Secretary of the Socialist Party, who was convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917 of attempting to interfere with the operation of the United States Armed Forces.The respondent/defendant was the United States, which Schenck and the National Civil Liberties Bureau believed had infringed his constitutional protection of free speech under the First Amendment by passing legislation that criminalized certain forms of political expression.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
The decision in Schenck v. United States was handed down on March 3, 1919. Edward D. White was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
united states v. schenck
Chief Justice Edward Douglas WhiteCase Citation:Schenck v. United States, 249 US 47 (1919)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Abraham V. Schenck was born in 1821.
Abraham V. Schenck died in 1902.
Limits to free speech were constitutional during national emergencies