Schenck vs United States Explained in 5 Minutes: US History Review 

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Thank you for the short video, this really helped me understand the basic fundamentals of the case

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I think that the freedom of speech should be allowed during wartime.

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Great explanation. TY. To help me remember I made flashcards based on what u said: Question 1. In Schenck v US, the Supreme Court (aka SCOTUS) held: civil liberties aren't absolute especially [...] Answer 1: during war time Question 2. Schenck vs US established the [...] doctrine Answer 2: clear & present danger Question 3. The 1st Amendment says Congress shall make no law abridging [...] or the right of the people peaceably to assemble & to petition the Government for a redress of grievances Answer 3: the freedom of speech, or of the press; Question 4. The Espionage Act was enacted because [...] [...] were felt to pose a threat. Answer 4: German immigrants Question 5. Charles Shenck was a s[...] Answer 5: socialist Question 6. Hip Hughes refers to the [...] Act as the baby Patriot Act Answer 6: Espionage Question 7. Schenck said the draft was i[...] s[...] Answer 7: involuntary servitude Question 8: In Schenck v US, SCOTUS held: [...] [...] aren't absolute especially during war time Answer 8: civil liberties Question 9: Schenck encouraged the public to reject the draft. SCOTUS held: Schenck's actions are like [...] Answer 9: yelling fire in a movie theatre Question 10:. The 1st Amendment says [...] the freedom of speech, or of the press Answer 10: Congress shall make no law abridging Question 11: During WW1, [...] so Woodrow Wilson penned the Espionage Act Answer 11: German immigrants were felt to pose a threat Question 12: Schenck felt WW1 was a p[...] war Answer 12: puppet war (run by the capitalist "masters") Question 13: Hip Hughes refers to the Espionage Act as the [...] Patriot Act Answer 13: baby Question 14: The clear & present danger doctrine abridges [...] Answer 14: freedom of speech & the press Question 15: During WW1, German immigrants were felt to pose a threat so ...[which President] penned the Espionage Act Answer 15: Woodrow Wilson Question 16: Schenck felt WW1 was a puppet war run by [...] Answer 16: the capitalist "masters" Question 17: Hip Hughes refers to the Espionage Act as the baby [...] Act Answer 17: Patriot Question 18: Schenck said the [...] was involuntary servitude Answer 18: US draft for WW1 Question 19: SCOTUS held: civil liberties [...] especially during war time Answer 19: aren't absolute Question 20: Schenck encouraged the public to reject the draft. SCOTUS held: Schenck's actions are like yelling fire in a movie theatre. Schenck argued: [...] is a [...] Answer 20: there *is* a fire - our freedoms are being burnt up Question 21: Schenck said the draft was involuntary servitude & so the draft violates the [...] Amendment Answer 21: 13th Amendment Question 22: The clear & present danger doctrine says: if ur [...] Answer 22: speech causes a clear & present danger then it's lawful to censor it Question 23: During WW1, German immigrants were felt to pose a threat so Woodrow Wilson penned the [...] Act Answer 23: Espionage Question 24: During WW1, Charles [...] encouraged the public to reject the draft. He was arrested Answer: 24 Schenck Question 25: The [...] doctrine = if ur speech crosses the line & causes a imminent lack of safety then it's lawful to censor it Answer 25: clear & present danger Question 26: During WW1, Charles Schenck encouraged the public to reject the draft. He was arrested under the [...] Act Answer 26: Espionage

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thank you for the relative info though, much appreciated.

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Couldn't an argument be made about what constitutes "danger"? Given that you can't predict all outcomes in any given situation (e.g. fight or not fight) then how can you possibly know if joint the war effort is going to truly help or harm people? And if you are forced to involuntary servitude and you or friends and family are hurt or die what recourse do you have? Great video. These things make me ponder a bit. Thanks

You do know Holmes backpedaled in Abrams right ? Also "Fire in a crowed theater" is dictum ; it is not a binding part of the opinion or even an apt analogy , rather it is an offhand remark within the opinion .the holding in Schenk crafted a "clear and present danger "doctrine , which was legal gymnastics based on a contrived threat and a falsely perceived necessity . We all learned about Schenk in law school and we all construed its utterly unconstitutional nature , as far as I'm concerned, it is as relevant as Plessy or Dredd Scott and almost as infamous .

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Love this and plan to use it with my class tomorrow, BUT I sure wish you hadn't said WTH. It will be fun to make sure I hit pause at 4:17 for every class...just FYI. Thanks for an otherwise great video.

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Schenck got shanked.

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the both is that you get 30 years and might be executed at the end, the idea is basically that you still have a chance at a pardon, but at the time the judge/jury is in favor of execution. it is for cases like snowden and manning, popular opinion may be in their favor but by the letter of the law they might get killed. manning of course just got the years, and he might yet get pardoned, snowden would likely get just the years, and of course might also get a pardon. if you just apply death to a case like that though the appeals process might not last long enough to get a pardon before execution.

Quick Question, I'm presenting this case for an APGOV. class, why was he only given 6 months in prison if he was found in violation of the Espionage Act, which was punishable by 30 years or death?....or both?

Don't you think it's work mentioning that the decision was overturned?

Of course there are going to be limits to your rights, each right we possess crosses every other right at some point. The best anyone can do is try to find the point they intersect and say this is where the limit is, in order to infringe on them as little as possible.

This is one of the SCOTUS decisions I have always had mixed emotions about, and have difficulty sticking to either side of the argument- Schenck 's points would be valid to me if not for the manipulation it renders on the public- then again, if we had an informed public, then clear and present danger would need defining.

Okay, if you can't talk about things in a way that creates "clear and present danger" why are riots allowed? I feel like those can be pretty disrupting and dangerous (for the cars nearby?!)

my teacher told me to mark all the key events, yeah I had to write almost everything you said, (yea ill site the sources lol) thanks a lot

Hip, Please comment on the precedent that precedents don't have to be used; that this decision was not used to silence draft protestors in the 60s. This phenomenon of not using precedent is a tough one for us libertarians because it undermines the notion of slippery slope. Yet there are examples of precedent building on precedent. The most objectionable being the Commerce Clause; since 1933 when the word commerce was changed in meaning to include business, not just commerce. (In the 18th Century commerce meant trade not business.)

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It is interesting to know why the U.S. gave up its neutrality (like my country was/stayed neutral. Holland, or The Netherlands. Anyway, where the Dutch people live) in WW1. Unrestricted submarine warfare (and the Germans were scared as hell that the US would join the Allied !), the Zimmerman telegram (look it up, it sounds pretty 'funny' nowadays), the support for the Allied by giving them weapons/ammunition (making a lot of $$, and losing those $$ by an Allied defeat..). Wilson really wanted to stay out of the war, but somewhere someway got involved anyway.. In the end you can pretty much say the US ended this horrific (!) war. Where are the limits for Free Speech, which is not absolute indeed. Interesting and important, especially in these 'after-9/11-days'. Perhaps Schenck had to bring it in a different/smarter way ? Instead of this 'fire in the theater' ? Sorry for my Dutchy English.

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Pronounced SKANK...Not shank

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how many times does he blink

Wasn't it 1919?

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My name is Anthony Schenck and you are not pronouncing my familys name correctly. It is pronounced SKINK, like the lizard. If your going to state the facts, atleast now how to pronounce the relating facts correctly.