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This Day in Legal History: Abrams v. United States
On October 21, 1919, the Supreme Court heard argument in Abrams v. United States. Jacob Abrams and several other Russian immigrants had thrown leaflets from a Manhattan building criticizing American military intervention in Russia and calling for a general strike. They were convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918 and sentenced to as much as twenty years in prison. That November, the Court upheld their convictions, 7 to 2.
The case is remembered for its dissent. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, joined by Justice Louis Brandeis, argued that the…
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