 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1920
...States, and concerning a prosecution under that statute the Supreme Court of the United States said: "The question in every case is whether the words used are...bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent." Schenck v. United States, 249 US 47, 39 Sup. Ct. 247, 63 L. Ed. 470. Applying that... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1922
...10212a-10212h) for preventing recruiting by named illegal acts, the Supreme Court, by Justice Holmes, said: "The question in every case is whether the words used are...bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent." Schenck v. US, 249 US 47, (H6 A.) Publications Inciting or encouraging revolution... | |
 | Law - 1951
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 | Scott Nearing - Freedom of speech - 1919 - 47 pages
...rights. But the character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. . . . The question in every case is whether the words used are...bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent." / That is the Debs decision. That is the method in which the Supreme Court handled... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1919
...words that may have all the effect of force. Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co., 221 US 418, 439. (The question in every case is whether the words used are...bring /about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to 1 prevent. It is a question of proximity and degree. When a nation is at war many things that... | |
 | Appellate courts - 1920
...where they conie from, to be loyal to this country," etc. Testing the record by the rule that "the question in every case is whether the words used are...bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent" (Schenck v. United States [March 3, 1919] 249 US 47, 39 Sup. Ct. 247, 63 L. Ed. 470)... | |
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The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a. clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent. 
