Brandenburg v. Ohio · ¶36

Last Term the Court held in United States v. O’Brien, 391 U. S. 367, 382, that a registrant under Selective Service who burned his draft card in protest of the war in Vietnam could be prosecuted. The First Amendment was tendered as a defense and rejected, the Court saying:

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U. S. Reports, volume 395, at 444 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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