Case Categories: Seditious Speech
- Abrams v. United States (1919)
The dissenting opinion in Abrams v. United States (1919) advanced the free marketplace of ideas even though the majority opinion stifled First Amendment...
- Debs v. United States (1919)
In Debs v. United States (1919), a low point in the protection of free speech during wartime, the Court sustained a socialist leader's conviction under the...
- Epton v. New York (1968)
Epton v. New York (1968) declined to review the convictions of Marxist leader William Epton, who said his convictions violated his First Amendment free speech...
- Frohwerk v. United States (1919)
Frohwerk v. United States (1919) upheld a conviction for an article criticizing World War I while also affirming that First Amendment rights do not disappear...
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