Leaflets Against the Draft

During a world war, an official of a political party and a colleague mailed leaflets to men called up for the draft. The leaflets said the draft was slavery banned by the Constitution and told readers to assert their rights and oppose it. The two were charged with conspiring to obstruct recruiting and with using the mail to send banned material. They said the leaflets were political speech protected by the First Amendment. The law asks whether the words created a clear danger of harm in wartime.