Today in Supreme Court History: May 16, 1918

5/16/1918: The Sedition Act of 1918 is enacted. The Supreme Court upheld prosecutions brought under this law in Schenck, Debs, and Abrams.

Comments

[Cal Cetín]

Sigh...are you sure about that? I thought the Supreme Court dodged the Sedition Act and upheld convictions under the 1917 Sedition Act.

Am I mistaken?

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

The Noble Prize for achievement in identifying error in Today in Supreme Court History is awarded to Cal Cetin.

This effort to peddle ostensibly scholarly work is putrid. Are the deans at Georgetown and South Texas devoting any attention to this train wreck?

[ReaderY]

Schenk etc. were convicted under the Espionage Act of 2017, not the Sedition Act of 2018.

Seems to be a basic error here.

[Dr. Ed 2]

Ummm, don't you mean 1917 and 1918?

[Dilan Esper]

Muphry's Law strikes again.