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Supreme Court — Part 25
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at the United States. .
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‘before, that thé” Supreme Court vir-
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make it a penal offense to teach the
violent overthrow of the government, .
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‘the charges against the nine persons
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effect, is that it is all right to teach
the overthrow of the government by
force and violance as long as it dees
not become evident those teaching
such a doctrine make no immediate
effort to incite action to that end. In
other words, as long as they don’t pass
out firearms and bombs and say “Start
shooting today." .
Tf there's any way Congress can
write a law to deal with this threat
that the Supreme Court won't throw
out, if must do so. In the meantime *
it appears that the nation is defe .
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