In which case did the Supreme Court eventually abandon the clear and present danger test and replace it with the imminent danger test; a standard that is much more protective of free speech?

a. Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), when the court overturned the conviction of a Ku Klux Klan leader who advocated violence
b. Dennis v. United States (1951), when the court upheld convictions of numerous communist defendants
c. Lee v. Weisman (1992), when the court ruling stopped the practice of reading prayers at school’s graduation ceremonies
d. Engel v. Vitale (1962), when the court overturned a school’s policy of having each class recite a nondenominational religious prayer

ANS: A

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