Answers may vary. Students will need to critically think through the reasons for the legislature’s decisions. Possible student responses include explaining how unity was needed to help win the war, or how criticism would weaken America’s desire to do what it took to triumph.
The Supreme Court decided a series of cases in 1919 that helped to define the limitations of free speech. Congress passed the Espionage Act of 1917, shortly after the United States entered into World War I. The law prohibited interference in military operations or recruitment.
Explanation:
simply because during war time there are exceptions were they can bend your right to freedom of speech its all to keep us as american citizens safe.
