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The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law enacted on June 15, 1917, ... The constitutionality of the law, its relationship to free speech, ...
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 ...
This category includes people who were charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 but were ultimately found innocent, either because of an acquittal, or an equivalent outcome such as an overturned conviction, dropped charges, a plea deal, a hung jury, a mistrial, or the like.
Pages in category "People convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.
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18 U.S.C. §§ 791–799 (1917) (Espionage Act of 1917) Burleson , 255 U.S. 407 (1921), was a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the United States Postmaster General 's power to revoke second-class mail privileges (the type of mail most newspapers and magazines qualify as) under the Espionage Act of 1917 . [ 1 ]
Gorin v. United States, 312 U.S. 19 (1941), was a United States Supreme Court case. It involved the Espionage Act of 1917 and its use against Mihail Gorin, an intelligence agent from the Soviet Union, and Hafis Salich, a United States Navy employee who sold to Gorin information on Japanese activity in the U.S.