Violating the First Amendment

The Espionage Act did violate the First Amendment. In the case of Schenk vs. United States, Charles Schenk distributed flyers to serviceman that were going to fight and sent off for War. His flyers informed people on the war, his personal opinions on the war how it was motivated by a capitalist greed. He expressed himself through his flyers, which led to the U.S government charging him for violating the Espionage Act. However Schenk believed that it was the other way around, the act violated the First Amendment.  The Act wasn’t giving his the right to share his opinions on the war to many others. The government believed that the flyers could cause an act of disobedience.