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Abrams v. United States 

Abrams v. United States The defendants in this case had distributed pamphlets in Yiddish and English criticizing the Wilson administration for sending U.S. troops to Russia in the summer of 1918. The . . .

Buchanan v. Warley 

Buchanan v. Warley The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) devised a case to test residential segregation ordinances in Louisville, Kentucky. The law, like many through . . .

Hammer v. Dagenhart 

Hammer v. Dagenhart The Child Labor Act of 1916 was the response to reformers calling for a federal statute to ensure minimal child labor standards nationwide. Congress relied on its interstate comme . . .

Missouri v. Holland 

Missouri v. Holland A 1916 treaty between Great Britain and the United States for the protection of migratory birds called for closed hunting seasons on several species. Congress enacted these provis . . .

Schenck v. United States 

Schenck v. United States Ironically, the war to make the world safe for democracy triggered the worst invasion of civil liberties at home in the nation's history up to that point. The government obvi . . .

Weeks v. United States 

Weeks v. United States Freemont Weeks, an employee of an express company at the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, was searched and arrested by state officers and a federal marshal without a war . . .