Question

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a unanimous U.S. Supreme Ct. decision that says Select

one:

a. government under no circumstances can prevent speech from taking place in the United States.

b. the government can prevent foreigners from speaking against governmental policies.

c. government can restrict speech to prevent an extremely serious and imminent harm.

Answer 1

Option C)

In Schenk v. United States , Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes uphed the Government's action of restricting speech to preventan extremely serious and imminent harm. Schenk had been charged with violating the espionage act as he had been caught distributing pamphlets to recruited army men , inciting them to not do tgeir duties.His actions were said to be unprotected by his freedom of speech because the nation was in a state of war, and such actions were thoughts of as threats and dangerous to the nation's interest.