Abrams v. United States
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Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919) was a decision of the United States Supreme Court involving the Sedition Act of 1918, which made it a criminal offense to criticize the U.S. federal government. The Court ruled 7-2 that the Act did not violate civil rights under the First Amendment, with Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis Brandeis dissenting. The case was overturned during the Vietnam War era.
The case was argued before the Court on October 21. The decision was rendered on November 10.
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The Bench
The makeup of the supreme court and their opinions were:
Opinion
- Written by: Justice John Hessin Clarke
- Joined by: Chief Justice Edward Douglass White and Justices Joseph McKenna, William R. Day, Willis Van Devanter, Mahlon Pitney and James Clark McReynolds
Dissenting
- Written by: Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Joined by: Justice Louis Brandeis
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