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The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law enacted on June 15, 1917, shortly after the United States entered World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years. It has been amended numerous times over the years.
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.A unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., concluded that Charles Schenck and other defendants, who distributed flyers to draft-age men urging resistance to induction, could be convicted of an ...
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Anyone convicted of violating the law could face a fine or up to 10 years in prison.
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Many people have been charged and jailed under the Espionage Act since it was passed in 1917, as the U.S. entered World War I. Few cases, however, can be compared to the charges brought against ...
The former president has been indicted under a controversial law passed in 1917 to prevent spying and leaking of government documents