24. The excerpt below is from the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States (1919).
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and
causing a panic....
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
.
What action was taken in consequence of this decision?
A. Conscientious objectors were forced to engage in combat because the
United
States was in danger.
B. Charles Schenck was imprisoned for distributing thousands of leaflets
urging young men to resist the draft.
C. German Americans living on the East Coast were relocated to
internment centers to avoid possible sabotage attempts.
D. Charles Schenck was permitted to go free because the Court did not
believe
his actions created a "clear and present" danger.