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The KKK Brings a Case and the Supreme Court Flips Its Tone

Anita Whitney helped establish the Communist Labor Party. The state of California argued that the party would use violence to overthrow the US government. This is really maybe more than any other statement considered to be the articulation of the modern First Amendment doctrine. Coming up, the KKK brings a case and the Supreme Court flips its tone.

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