Talking Men Out Of Registering

A new wartime law required young men to register for military service. Two well-known political agitators were accused of agreeing with others to persuade men who had that duty to refuse to sign up. The indictment set out five things said to have been done to carry the plan out. Their answer was that the draft law itself was beyond the power of Congress, so an agreement to defy it could not be a crime at all.