1. Chrislyn Palmer
Woody Malone
Molly Ellis
Mrs. Washington
Government
2nd period
February 8, 2013

2. United States v. Seeger

3. WHO was involved in this court
case?
 Plaintiff
 The United States Supreme Court
 Defendant
 Daniel Seeger

4. WHAT?
 Daniel Seeger refused to go to war when he was drafted
by the United States Military, he then claimed it was
against his, “belief in goodness and virtue for their own
sakes, and a religious faith in a purely ethical creed.”
 He was arrested and charged with draft-dodging
 He appealed the conviction and claimed this was
unconstitutional and went against the 1st amendment
 The government then appealed

5. WHEN?
 The court case took place November 16-17,
1964 through March 8, 1965

6. WHERE?
 The event and the Court Case took place in
New York

7. WHY?
 Daniel Seeger went against the court because he
felt like his first amendment was being taken
away from him
 He claimed that his religious beliefs went against
going into the military
 He claimed this was unconstitutional

8. HOW was the decision made?
 Daniel Seeger didn’t claim a supreme being, but
the Court ruled in his favor and all charges were
dropped; he didn’t have to go into the military

9. Ours’ and the Court opinion!
 Court
 Ruled in Daniel Seeger’s favor seeing that the first
amendment says “freedom of religion”; therefore
they saw that his religious beliefs were against war
and he didn’t have to join the draft
 Ours’
 In our opinion we think that the Court made the
right decision not to send him to the military due to
his religious beliefs and rule in his favor

10. Bibliography
 United States v. Seeger