(Source: National Constitution Center) Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Note: Landmark Cases , a C-SPAN series on historic Supreme Court decisions-produced in cooperation with the National Constitution Center-continues on Monday, Nov. 2 at 9pm ET. This week's show features Schenck v. United States. In a case that would define the limits of the First Amendment's right to free speech, the Supreme Court decided the early 20th-century case of Schenck v. United States. The case began, as many do, with an act of Congress. Shortly after the United States entered into World War I, Congress passed the Espionage Act of 1917. It was passed with the goals of prohibiting interference with...
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