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Marvin M. Karpatkin

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UNITED STATES v. O’BRIEN, 391 U.S. 367 (1968)

O’Brien burnt his draft card on the steps of a South Boston courthouse in protest of the Vietnam War and was found in violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1948.

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