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Schenck V. United States
The realty firm is correct. The court’s ruling in Schenck v. United States (1919) is in favor of the realty firm because placing "For Sale" or "Sold" signs in front of homes in racially changing neighborhoods does not creates "a clear-and-present-danger test of illegal acts". To go from the signs to a danger for the community takes a lot of deductions, which renders the initial act irrelevant to the eventual danger. The sign is a form of speech which is protected by the First Amendment. The ordinance also interfere with the firm's business, a fact that might lead to a lower revenue and lower employee's salary. Moreover, the citizens should have a right to be informed of their neighborhoods and to decide their changing of

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