LAD #31: Wilson's Fourteen Points

Summary of Wilson's 14 Points -

President Woodrow Wilson delivered his fourteen points of his peace policy to Congress.  The fourteen points are as follows:
1. All diplomatic negotiations will be public knowledge.
2. Freedom of the seas.
3. Equal trade between all nations.
4. Reduction of arm numbers.
5. Have an open mind and impartiality towards colonial claims.
6. Leave Russia and allow them to be self ruling.
7. Belgium is also to be evacuated and freed.
8. France regains its territories and Alsace-Lorraine.
9. Clearly establish Italy's borders.
10. Allow Austria-Hungary the chance to self rule.
11. Balkan states must have established lines between them and independence.
12. Turkey gets its sovereignty and Dardanelles remains open for all.
13. Poland is to be established as an independent country with freedom of the seas.
14. An association of nations (League of Nations) is to be created to assure freedom of the seas and independence of smaller countries.

LAD #30: Schenk V US

Summary of the Schenk V. US case -

In 1919, the Supreme Court ruled the case in favor of the United States.  The case had to do with the Espionage Act of 1917 that was put into place due to The Great War.  Charles Schenk mailed brochures about the draft being a ridiculous monstrous thing.  The Supreme Court had to decide whether the freedom of speech protected his actions or not.  In wartime, the same things are not as tolerable as they are during peace.