United States v. O'Brien

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

War, huh, yeah. What is it good for? Curtailing the First Amendment!

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0:00.0	Number 232 and 233.
0:03.3	United States petitioner versus David Paul O'Brien.
0:08.8	And David Paul O'Brien,
0:12.2	petitioner versus United States.
0:14.3	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Viasco and Prologue Projects.
0:21.9	On this week's episode of Five to Four,
0:24.1	the hosts are talking about United States V O'Brien.
0:28.2	The events of this case took place against the backdrop of resistance to the U.S.'s escalating involvement in the Vietnam War.
0:34.5	Seven young and earnest protesters burned draft cards on the steps of a Boston courthouse.
0:39.4	The respondent in the case, David O'Brien was arrested after admitting to burning his draft card.
0:44.9	An act of protest that had been made illegal in a federal law past the year before.
0:49.8	O'Brien argued that the law violated his First Amendment rights.
0:54.2	The court disagreed.
0:56.6	This is Five to Four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:04.2	Welcome to Five to Four, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have left our liberties ailing,
1:11.0	like my sickly co-hosts.
1:12.7	I am here with Michael.
1:15.5	Hey everybody.
1:16.4	Michael recovering from a bout of something or other.
1:19.8	A stomach bug, very unpleasant stomach bug.
1:22.4	And Riannan taking the week off due to a string of symptoms that defy my understanding of science.
1:34.8	She's like going deaf and blind from a head cold or something.
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