POLSCI 101 Lecture Notes - Chaplinsky V. New Hampshire, John Stuart Mill, Espionage Act Of 1917
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Best decisions are made with the most information. If opinion is correct, we are less certain of the closest information to the absolute truth. If opinion is incorrect, we may miss the opportunity to reaffirm absolute truth. Purpose is to create a marketplace of ideas. Speech can be curtailed when harm to another individual can be caused by one"s speech. When there is potential for someone to be harmed by freedom of speech, that is when speech should be regulated. How have civil liberties developed over time? (speech, religion) The congress shall make no lawabridging the freedom of speech . Development of freedom of speech: john stuart mill. Balance between individuals who embrace and believe in self expression and government interest in order, stability, and cohesion. He was arrested and convicted under the 1917 espionage. Act (which was established it is illegal to obstruct military recruitment) Supreme court said that the espionage act is, in fact,
