Schenk starting from 1918, can be convicted with arime under the espionage act of 1917. And that the First Amendment isnt absolute. And then 9 30, from the 1934 case, holding the internment camps dont violate the constitution as they were needed in world war ii. Watch landmark cases tonight, on cspan three or anytime on cspan. Org. All persons having business for the Supreme Court are required to give their attention. Landmark cases, cspan special history series, produced in collaboration with the constitutional center. 12 historiciz Supreme Court decisions. Number 759. Petitioner. Well hear arguments from number 18. Quite often in our most famous decisions, the court took unpopular decisions. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually, what it means to live in a society, of 310 million different people, who helped to stick together because they believe in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspan the landmark cases. Our series explores 12 landm
i ll be back to continue our special coverage of the indictment of donald trump, joining my colleagues alicia and then the, simone sanders hand sound, and me, at eight pm eastern for more in-depth reporting. and analysis, but first, there s still two more hours of velshi on this saturday morning. coming up next, the latest on the trump indictment. what we know, what comes next, and what effect it s going to have on the 2024 election. another hour of velshi begins, right now. good morning. saturday, june 10th. i m ali velshi. for the second time in just a little over two months, the twice impeached ex president, donald trump, has been indicted. this, time by the federal government. yesterday, jack smith made his first official public appearance as special counsel to announce the historic indictment. he also underlined why it s so important that this case moves forward. adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the department of justice. and our nation
Number 759, ernest, Petitioner Versus arizona. Against wade. The decisions that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically, and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. Good evening, welcome to cspan and the National Constitution centers landmark cases. Exploring 12 Historic Supreme Court decision. Tonights case is schenck versus the United States. It is a case from 1919, involving freedom of speech around world war i. It also gave rise to Supreme Courts most quoted phrases, shouting fire in a theater and clear and present danger. Our two guests are with us to tell us about this interesting case, to take calls and questions. Beverly is a history professor at Yale University specializing in 20th century american history. He is the author of the day wall up of exploring america. Welcome to our program. Tom is a Supreme Court a
Number 759, ernest, Petitioner Versus arizona. Against wade. The decisions that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically, and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. Good evening, welcome to cspan and the National Constitution centers landmark cases. Exploring 12 Historic Supreme Court decision. Tonights case is schenck versus the United States. It is a case from 1919, involving freedom of speech around world war i. It also gave rise to Supreme Courts most quoted phrases, shouting fire in a theater and clear and present danger. Our two guests are with us to tell us about this interesting case, to take calls and questions. Beverly is a history professor at Yale University specializing in 20th century american history. He is the author of the day wall up of exploring america. Welcome to our program. Tom is a Supreme Court a
Shifts out of the first world war, before the war you had a Mass Immigration into the United States, and it peaks in 1913 or 1914. In the early 1920s, the United States decides swing the gates shut and keeps them shut for about 60 years. There is a quota system put in place, a heavily discriminatory system that favors people from western europe, and tried to restrict people from other parts of the world. Did the schenck case in particular influence immigration restriction, i think that might be a direct connection that we cant make. But i do think the perception of radicals as being threatening and coming from other parts of the world really matters. One of the Big Questions that does come out of the war years is, what is the difference between being a citizen and being an immigrant . Do noncitizens actually had the same rights as american citizens when it comes to free speech, and when it comes to a whole host of other rights restricted during the war . That is a very powerful debate,