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Clear and present danger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clear and present danger is a term used by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in the unanimous opinion for the case Schenck v. United States , concerning the ability of the government to regulate s...
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Schenck v. United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clear and present danger - phrase used in the Supreme Court decision, Schenck v. United States (1919). It refers to the idea that the government has the right to punish ... Common law - collection of British legal doctrines based on the court decisions of judges appointed by the British Crown since the Middle Ages.
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[George] Bush presents a clear and present danger to the rule of law. He cannot be trusted to conduct the war against global terrorism with a decent respect for civil liberties and checks against executive abuses.
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Constitutional Lawyer: President Bush presents a clear and present danger to the rule of law; The Washington Times; By Bruce Fein; December 20, 2005 ... President Bush presents a clear and present danger to the rule of law. He cannot be trusted to conduct the war against global terrorism with a decent respect for...
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Finally, in Thornhill v. Alabama, 93 a state anti-picketing law was invalidated because ''no clear and present danger of destruction of life or property, or invasion of the right of privacy, or breach of the peace can be thought to be inherent in the activities of every person who approaches the premises of an...
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Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co., 221 U.S. 418, 439. The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
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