The modern American conception of freedom of speech comes from the principles of freedom of the press, and freedom of religion as they developed in England, starting in the seventeenth century. The arguments of people like John Milton on the importance of an unlicensed press, and of people like John Locke on religious toleration, were all the beginning for the idea of the “freedom of speech”. By the year of 1791, when the First Amendment was …showed first 75 words of 1269 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1269 total…So now because of this case the “clear and present danger” speech had to become “imminent danger” speech to be punished. In the case of Schenck vs. United States the decision contracted civil rights, by creating the “clear and present danger” rule. But in Abrams vs. United States the civil rights have been expanded, because now just simply a clear dangerous speech wouldn’t be punished, it would have to be an “imminent danger” speech.