LAD Schenck vs. US

The Schenck vs. US trial began on March 3rd 1919. The issue concerned teh United States mail shipped by the socialist pary in the early 1990s. The actions that were going on were in violation of the previously passed Espionage Act of 1917. The Chief Justice, Holmes, claimed that the defendant was causing insubordination of US troops during WWI. Schenck had become involved because he was the Secretary of the Socialist Party and sent almost 16,000 brochures that encouraged men to dodge the draft. The draft was put into place during The Great War. Dodging the draft is and was illegal. In the end, the judge found the defendant guilty as charged for presenting a clear and present danger.