1. Mrs.Washington
02-08-13
Akeria
Maxcine
Siran
2nd pd.

3. • The plaintiff?...New York
• The defendant?...Benjamin Gitlow
WHO???

4. • What the key players actually do?...
• -Ben was viewed as being a threat to the national
government by talking bad about it and publishing his
views of the government in magazines and newspapers.
What???

5. • When did the key players do what they did and when was
the court case heard?
• - in 1925
• through oral arguments before the supreme court issued
its ruling written by justice
When???

6. • Where did the event happen?
• -New York
• Where did the court case take place?
• -The United States Supreme Court
Where???

7. • Can you identify why the key players did what they did?
• -They didn’t believe that the United States governed its
people.
Why???

8. • How did the court come its verdicts?
• -The court found that Ben was guilty of his crimes.
• Were there any other court cases involved?
• -no
How???

9. SUMMARY OF CASE
• FACTS:
• “State of New York passed a statute that
prohibited the written or verbal advocacy of
criminal anarchy, a doctrine advocating
overthrowing the government through force or
violence. Gitlow (defendant), a socialist, was
arrested for distributing copies of a left-wing
manifesto that called for the establishment of
Socialism in America through mass political
strikes and revolutionary mass action of any
kind. At trial, Gitlow argued that since there
was no conduct incited by this publication and
distribution of the manifesto, his speech
constituted mere utterances that did not
present a clear and present danger to the
United States government. Gitlow was
nevertheless convicted. He then challenged his
conviction against the State of New York
(plaintiff) on the grounds that the state’s
criminal anarchy statute violated the
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause.
The United States Supreme Court granted
certiorari.”

10. • Gitlow v. Newyork retrieved January 31,2013 from
http://library.thinkquest.org/2760/gitlow.htm
• https://www.quimbee.com/cases/gitlow-v-new-york