# Claim 117

The Supreme Court's majority held that the Constitution was adopted to preserve the government, not to protect those who used its privileges to try to destroy it, in upholding Burleson's revocation of the paper's mailing rate.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The Supreme Court's majority held that the Constitution was adopted to preserve the government, not to protect those who used its privileges to try to destroy it, in upholding Burleson's revocation of the paper's mailing rate.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: Majority upheld Burleson
- About: [incident 1917-us-burleson-mail-ban-milwaukee-leader](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1917-us-burleson-mail-ban-milwaukee-leader)
- Source: United States ex rel. Milwaukee Social Democratic Publishing Co. v. Burleson. https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/united-states-ex-rel-milwaukee-social-democratic-publishing-co-v-burleson/
- Publisher: The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University
- Method: court record
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current

## Quotation from the source

> The Constitution was adopted to preserve our Government, not to serve as a protecting screen for those who while claiming its privileges seek to destroy it.

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