In a 1919 Supreme Court case, the Supreme Court ruled that Charles Schenck committed crimes against the United States. In a 9-0 vote, they ruled that he violated the “Espionage Act.”1 The Espionage Act forbade anything that could reduce morale or interfere with the draft. The researcher believes that although the Supreme Court violated the Espionage Act, the Supreme Court made the correct decision. In this paper, the researcher reached the conclusion that the Espionage Act violated the First Amendment. The researcher reached this conclusion with evidence from class notes, with the Constitution, with websites such as…Info Please, USHistory.org, and the FirstAmendmentCenter.org. On the other hand, the Constitution says, “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech." It does seem obvious why the authors of the Constitution would not agree with government being able to pass laws that could bypass the Constitution.
There have also been times when the American government would assume too much power after an event. One example of this was the placement of Japanese Americans inside internment camps. According to 3, people allowed the government to place Japanese Americans inside of …show more content…
Our military obviously needed men to fight the war. The more men a country has in its military, the more strategic advantage it has, which can greatly increase the nation’s chances of winning the war. Having a military that does not have the mentality to fight a war that it needs to be fighting could cause disaster. For example, According to 4, morale is a very important factor for our troops when fighting a war. It states that morale is actually more important than the quality of equipment that the soldiers are equipped with. More morale would also reduce the desertion rate as well as reduce the casualties that the nation would suffer during the
There have also been times when the American government would assume too much power after an event. One example of this was the placement of Japanese Americans inside internment camps. According to 3, people allowed the government to place Japanese Americans inside of …show more content…
Our military obviously needed men to fight the war. The more men a country has in its military, the more strategic advantage it has, which can greatly increase the nation’s chances of winning the war. Having a military that does not have the mentality to fight a war that it needs to be fighting could cause disaster. For example, According to 4, morale is a very important factor for our troops when fighting a war. It states that morale is actually more important than the quality of equipment that the soldiers are equipped with. More morale would also reduce the desertion rate as well as reduce the casualties that the nation would suffer during the