The First Amendment did not bar prosecution of the defendant's antiwar publications under the circumstances of the case.

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The First Amendment did not bar prosecution of the defendant's antiwar publications under the circumstances of the case is the central holding of the 1919 Supreme Court decision Frohwerk v. United States, which upheld convictions for antiwar speech during World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional law principle ⓘ
legal holding ⓘ
addresses scope of First Amendment protection for political dissent ⓘ
appliesTo World War I era speech ⓘ
antiwar publications ⓘ
defendant's antiwar speech ⓘ
basedOn Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ
surface form: Espionage Act of 1917 prosecutions
characterizedAs restriction on First Amendment protections in wartime ⓘ
effect permitted criminal punishment of certain antiwar publications ⓘ
heldByCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War I era free speech jurisprudence ⓘ
isCentralHoldingOf Frohwerk v. United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
legalArea First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: First Amendment law

freedom of speech ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
reasoningContext speech that could interfere with the war effort ⓘ
relatedCase Frohwerk v. United States ⓘ
relatedConstitutionalProvision First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedDoctrine limits on free speech during wartime ⓘ
supportsGovernmentPower prosecution of antiwar speech under the Espionage Act ⓘ
supportsOutcome upholding convictions for antiwar speech ⓘ
warContext World War I ⓘ
yearOfDecision 1919 ⓘ

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Frohwerk v. United States → holding → The First Amendment did not bar prosecution of the defendant's antiwar publications under the circumstances of the case. ⓘ