The Debs Decision
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The Debs Decision examines the Supreme Court case that sent labor leader Eugene V. Debs to prison. Debs had been convicted under the Espionage Act for a speech against the draft. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes read the Court's decision upholding the verdict.
The book introduces Holmes with care. He has been a member of the Supreme Court for twenty-two years, it notes, and was born in Boston in 1841. He is seventy-seven years old, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and served in the Civil War. The study then weighs the famous ruling and its danger to free speech.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 96 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |