“Schenck believed that war helps the rich while sacrificing the poor men who are forced to fight, and he contended that the draft violated the U.S. Constitution.”
Answer: Upheld the right of the newspapers to print the document.
New York Times Co. v. United States was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court in 1971. The ruling made it possible for the New York Times and the Washington Post to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without censorship.
The question was whether the freedom of the press, guaranteed by the First Amendment, was subordinate to the need to maintain secrecy as stated by the executive branch, President Nixon. The court claimed that the First Amendment protected the freedom of press of the newspapers.
Answer:
The gap between rich and poor people increased
