![]() ![]() ![]() United States (1919) that “hen a nation is at war, many things that might be said in times of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight, and that no Court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right.” Supreme Court, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes declared in Schenck v. The pattern has been consistent in American history from the Revolutionary War to the modern-day War on Terror after the infamous terrorist strikes on U.S. Patriotism at times devolves into jingoism and civil liberties take a backseat to security and order. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons, public domain)įreedom of speech often suffers during times of war. Harding commuted his sentence to time served in December 1921. He had been imprisoned in 1918 under the Sedition Act, for giving a speech against participation in the First World War. ![]() Debs leaving the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, on Christmas Day 1921. ![]()
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