Claim 119

Justice Louis Brandeis dissented that the majority's approach would let the Post Office run what amounted to a system of censorship.

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

Statement: Justice Louis Brandeis dissented that the majority's approach would let the Post Office run what amounted to a system of censorship.
Field: status
Value: Brandeis dissent
About: incident 1917-us-burleson-mail-ban-milwaukee-leader
Source: 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

effective censorship