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United States Vs. O'Brien

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 27, 1968

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  9. U.S. 367 (1968) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. O'Brien
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  10. U.S. 367 (1968) United States v. O'Brien
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  11. impact of his conduct for which he was convicted makes his case readily distinguishable from Stromberg v. California
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  12. purpose in enacting the law affords no basis for declaring an otherwise constitutional statute invalid. McCray v. United
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  13. States, 195 U. S. 27 (1904). Pp. 391 U. S. 383 -384. (b) Grosjean v. American
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  14. Press Co., 297 U. S. 233 (1936) and Gomillion v. Lightfoot
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  15. destruction, and it does not punish only destruction engaged in for the purpose of expressing views. Compare Stromberg v. California
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  16. to raise and support armies and to make all laws necessary and proper to that end is broad and sweeping. Lichter v. United
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  17. Lichter v. United
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  18. the effective protection of one and the same interest. Compare the majority and dissenting opinions in Gore v. United
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  19. Selective Service certificates than a law which prohibits their willful mutilation or destruction. Compare Sherbert v. Verner
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  20. some measure because the communication allegedly integral to the conduct is itself thought to be harmful. In Stromberg v. California
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  21. at suppressing communication it could not be sustained as a regulation of noncommunicative conduct. See also NLRB v. Fruit
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  22. McCray v. United
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  23. adjudication was reaffirmed and the many cases were collected by Mr. Justice Brandeis for the Court in Arizona v. California
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  24. it. O'Brien's position, and, to some extent, that of the court below, rest upon a misunderstanding of Grosjean v. American
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  25. Together with No. 233, O'Brien v. United
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  26. O'Brien v. United
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  27. for nonpossession, and that nonpossession was not a lesser included offense of mutilation or destruction. O'Brien v. United
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  28. United States v. Miller
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  29. Smith v. United
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  30. Sherbert v. Verner
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  31. Bates v. Little
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  32. Cf. Milanovich v. United
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  33. Hein v. United
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  34. Prince v. United
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  35. Heflin v. United
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  36. has on occasion led the Court to examine the legislative motive in enacting the statute. See, e.g., United States v. Lovett
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  37. an inquiry into legislative purpose or motive of the type that O'Brien suggests we engage in in this case. Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
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  38. I submit, a question upon which the litigants and the country are entitled to a ruling. I have discussed in Holmes v. United
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  39. the question. It is time that we made a ruling. This case should be put down for reargument and heard with Holmes v. United
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  40. States and with Hart v. United
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  41. Duignan v. United
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  42. U. S. 195 , 274 U. S. 200 ) to the need correctly to decide the case before the court. E.g., Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  43. U. S. 1 . In such a case, it is not unusual to ask for reargument ( Sherman v. United
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  44. S. 379 , n. 2, Frankfurter, J., concurring) even on a constitutional question not raised by the parties. In Abel v. United
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  45. U.S. 940. In Lustig v United
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  46. U.S. Supreme Court United States v. O'Brien
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  47. Stromberg v. California
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  48. Grosjean v. American
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  49. and Gomillion v. Lightfoot
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  50. Compare Stromberg v. California
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