What was Schenck v. United States lower court verdict. Was there a lower court verdict or did that case go straight to the Supreme Court?

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River Morrow

19 July, 23:42

What was Schenck v. United States lower court verdict. Was there a lower court verdict or did that case go straight to the Supreme Court?

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Jeremy Singh · Answer 1

Schenck v. United States was a Supreme Court case about the enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917. I believe the case went straight to the Supreme Court and resulted in the Court's ruling that the criminal conviction of Schenck was in fact constitutional.