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National Security vs. Free Speech

  • Alien & Sedition Acts

    Alien & Sedition Acts

    The Alien & Sedition Acts administered criminal penalities against anyone who spoke out against the government
  • Schenck vs. US

    Schenck vs. US

    Supreme Court decided that a defendant did not have the right to freedom of speech against the draft during World War I.
  • Smith Act

    Smith Act

    Set criminal penalties for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government.
  • Yates vs. United States

    Yates vs. United States

    Fourteen officials of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) had been charged with violating the Smith Act. The Supreme Court overturned these convictions.

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