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In Schenck v the US, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that free speech could be limited during wartime. In the majority opinion, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that when speech presented a "clear and present danger" society had a right to limit it. Later that year Holmes reversed course. In Abrams v US, Holmes dissented from the majority decision limiting speech. Instead he argued it was best to let arguments compete in the marketplace of ideas. |