Freedom of Speech

About this eBook

Author

Chafee, Zechariah, Jr., 1885-1957

Title

Freedom of speech

Original Publication

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, A Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

KF: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: United States

Subject

Freedom of speech -- United States

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77769

Release Date

January 25, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.FREEDOM of SPEECH
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.CHAPTER I FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN WAR TIME
7. 7.CHAPTER II OPPOSITION TO THE WAR WITH GERMANY — I. The Espionage Acts of 1917 and 1918 — II. Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten — III. The District Court Cases — IV. The Human Machinery of the Espionage Acts — V. The Supreme Court Decisions — VI. Censorship and Exile — VII. State Espionage Acts — VIII. Reflections During a Technical State of War
8. 8.CHAPTER III A CONTEMPORARY STATE TRIAL—THE UNITED STATES VS. JACOB ABRAMS ET AL. — I. The District Court — II. The Supreme Court
9. 9.CHAPTER IV LEGISLATION AGAINST SEDITION AND ANARCHY — I. The Normal Law Against Violence and Revolution — II. The Normal Criminal Law of Words — III. The Difference Between the Normal Law and the New Legislation — IV. Radical Meetings and the Red Flag — V. Criminal Anarchy and Criminal Syndicalism — VI. The Federal Sedition Bills — VII. The Constitutionality of a Federal Sedition Law — VIII. The Wisdom and Expediency of a Federal Sedition Law
10. 10.CHAPTER V THE DEPORTATIONS — I. The Statute as to Deportable Radicals — II. The Administrative Machinery for Deporting Radicals — III. The Raids of January, 1920 — IV. The Arrest of American Citizens for Deportation — V. A Review of the Actual Cases of Radicals Held for Deportation — (1) Communists—Guilt by Association and Government Spies — (2) Industrial Workers of the World — (3) Anarchists — VI. The Deportations and the Bill of Rights — VII. Suggested Changes in Our Deportation Policy
11. 11.CHAPTER VI JOHN WILKES, VICTOR BERGER, AND THE FIVE MEMBERS — I. John Wilkes — II. The Raids of 1763 and the Raids of 1919 — III. The Exclusion of Wilkes from the House of Commons — IV. The Exclusion of Victor L. Berger from the House of Representatives
12. 12.V. The Five Socialist Members of the New York Assembly
13. 13.CHAPTER VII FREEDOM AND INITIATIVE IN THE SCHOOLS
14. 14.APPENDIX I BIBLIOGRAPHY ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH — A. General and Historical (Chapter I) — Origins of the First Amendment : — English History and Law : — Sedition Act of 1798 : — Reference Books : — B. The War ( Chapters II and III ) — Legal Articles on the War : — Treason : — Post-office : — Particular Cases under the Espionage Act and State War Acts : — Abrams (Chapter III): — Berger (see under Legislative Exclusion ). — Debs : — I.W.W. (see under Radical Activities ). — Nearing : — O’Hare : — Townley : — C. Radical Activities in the United States and Peace-time Restrictions upon Freedom of Speech ( Chapters IV and V ) — Backgrounds : — Blasphemy : — Sex topics : — Moving-picture Censorship : — Strikes and Labor Troubles : — Proposed Federal Sedition Bills and National Conditions : — State Sedition and Syndicalism Laws : — Industrial Workers of the World : — Deportation of Aliens (Chapter V): — Searches and Seizures (Chapters V and VI): — D. Power of a Legislature to Exclude or Expel for Opinions ( Chapter VI ) — Berger : — New York Socialists : — E. Schools
15. 15.APPENDIX II INDEX OF REPORTED CASES UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACTS OF 1917 AND 1918 — I. Prosecutions Under Title I, Sections 3 and 4, and Title XII — II. Seizure of Motion Picture Film under Title XI — III. Exclusions from the Mails under Title XII
16. 16.APPENDIX III TEXT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT OF 1918
17. 17.APPENDIX IV NORMAL LAW OF FOUR JURISDICTIONS AGAINST ACTUAL OR THREATENED VIOLENCE (See page 165 )
18. 18.APPENDIX V STATE WAR AND PEACE STATUTES AFFECTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH — Part I Statutes against Opposition to War. (See p. 110 of text.) — Part II Statutes not Limited to War. (See pp. 180–194 of text.) — A. Red Flags and Other Insignia :
19. 19.INDEX OF CASES
20. 20.GENERAL INDEX
21. 21.Untitled

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