schenck v. united states is our fifth in a series of 12 supreme court cases. we have gathered them together in a book that is available and you can find out how to order it . it is $8.95. it is written by tony mauro. it is a background on each one of the cases, focuses on the historical context in the legacy of those cases. c-span.org/landmark cases, they can tell you how you can get it to your home. next is jeff in new jersey, you are on. go ahead, please. >> thank you for running this series. very interesting. two questions for the panel. i guess the first, can you trace their lineage of the espionage act back through the restrictions of the lincoln administration placed on free speech during the civil war, and i guess the adams administration on the alien and sedition acts in the 18th century? and what sort of prosecutions came with the espionage act during world war ii? for example, the internment of japanese citizens, could they have been used or later on during the vietnam period? beverly: i will take the second question and throw the first one over to t

schenck v. united states? beverly: the thing schenck did start is a conversation about the first amendment, and what it really means. but i also think schenck symbolizes a relatively dark moment in american history, which is to say it is a moment when the federal government really mobilizes at a lot of levels for the first time, to begin to actually contain american opinion. i think we see both of these trends continue. susan: thank you to beverly and tom for being with us in our discussion of schenck v. united states, in c-span's landmark cases series. thank you to those of you at home watching and contributing your questions and ideas to the discussion. ♪ >> let ourre presentation cases continues tomorrow night with korematsu versus the united states. and a 6-3 decision the supreme court in 1944 upheld the government's forceful removal of 120,000 people of japanese descent. taken from their homes on the west coast to interment camps in remote areas of western and midwestern states during world war ii. learn m

schenck v. united states tonight on c-span and c-span.org. >>> up next on c-span 3, a discussion on combatting terrorism with diplomats from egypt, libya and tunisia. and we'll hear a keynote address from the army general who formerly headed the u.s.-africa command from the potomac institute. this is two hours. >>> ladies and gentlemen, i'm the ceo of the potomac institute for policy studies. and it's my honor and privilege to welcome you today to a seminar on terrorism in the middle east and africa. i'm sure many of you or most of you are aware of the international center for terrorism studies headed by professor yonah alexander for many decades has been looking into all aspects of terrorism, its cause and how we can deal with it. for the last almost 20 years the center has been at the potomac institute. and it's been our great privilege to host these seminars and yonah's work, the international center has produced at least one academic volume if not three or four per year. several reports every year. we have many examples including this one today which has just been released. yesterday i believe on ru