During WWI, a draft took place that the US would have enough people to fight a war of attrition. Due to the Espionage Act of 1917, there was nothing anybody could do about the horrible draft. Schenck agreed that the draft was bad and tried to make propaganda and petitions to remove it. This violated the act which said it was illegal to interfere with the war effort, making him in trouble with the law. In a supreme court case, he defended himself by saying the constitution gave him free speech. However, Oliver Holmes stated that because what he was saying was going against the common good of the nation, he didn't have his free speech. This shows the governments greater control over the people in war time.
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