Today marks the 100th anniversary of Abrams v. United States, a notable Supreme Court case involving free speech and Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Russian immigrants in New York who had circulated “disloyal publications” during World War I were charged with violating the Espionage Act of 1917. In a 7–2 opinion, the Supreme Court, sustaining the immigrants’ conviction, held that the law did not violate their freedom of speech.