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Organising A New Party

Whitney v. California (1927)

Charge: Criminal syndicalism — organising and assisting to organise a group advocating unlawful means of political changeCourt: U.S. Supreme CourtState: CaliforniaDocket: The Red Scare

The facts

A woman helped set up the state branch of a new radical party at a convention. She sat on two of its committees and argued the party should work through the ballot box. The convention voted her down and adopted the national programme instead, which called for revolutionary means. A state law made it a crime to organise a group that advocates crime or violence to bring about political change. She said she never intended force.

You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.

Citation: Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927)

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