<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Schenck v. United States </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued January 8--10, 1919 Decided March 3, 1919 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> Charles T. Schenck v. United States, Elizabeth Baer v. United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 249 U.S. 47 (more) 63 L. Ed . 470; 1919 U.S. LEXIS 2223; 17 Ohio L. Rep. 26; 17 Ohio L. Rep. 149 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> Defendants convicted, E.D. Pa.; motion for new trial denied, 253 F. 212 (E.D. Pa. 1918) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subsequent history </Th> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Defendant's criticism of the draft was not protected by the First Amendment, because it created a clear and present danger to the enlistment and recruiting service of the U.S. armed forces during a state of war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> Edward D. White </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> Joseph McKenna Oliver W. Holmes, Jr . William R. Day Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis John H. Clarke </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Case opinions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Td> Holmes, joined by unanimous </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> U.S. Const . amend . I; 50 U.S.C. § 33 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Overruled by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Schenck v. United States </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued January 8--10, 1919 Decided March 3, 1919 </Th> </Tr>

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