was the sole, or only, author of the Texas Declaration of Independence

*George Childress*, the committee chairman, is generally accepted as the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence, with little help from the other committee members.

- "schenck v. united states, case in which the u.s. supreme court ruled on march 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the u.s. constitution's first amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” "

- speech aimed to potentially create danger could be banned.

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