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DHP Ep. 0271: Schencking the First Amendment

by | Sep 13, 2024

DHP Ep. 0271: Schencking the First Amendment

by | Sep 13, 2024

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In 1919, the Supreme Court of the United States voted unanimously to uphold the conviction of Socialist Party activists whose only crime was distributing a pamphlet critical of conscription during American participation in the First World War, even though the pamphlet did not advocate any lawbreaking — not even civil disobedience.

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Born and raised a Florida Man, CJ Killmer holds BA and MA degrees in
history. He taught college history from 2006 to 2022. In 2014, he
started the Dangerous History Podcast as an outlet for his radical
libertarian-revisionist takes on history, and in 2022 he resigned from
his college teaching position in order to pursue podcasting and other
independent content-creation projects full-time, free from the
constraints of conventional academia.

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