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Holmes was part of a unanimous court decision regarding penalties against whom?
Tax evaders
Draft protestors
Bootleggers
Suffragettes
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Draft protestors faced harsh penalties during the Vietnam War, including prison sentences and loss of civil rights. In 1972, Holmes joined the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in _Arcara v. Cloud_, striking down a federal law that made draft evasion a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. The ruling protected the First Amendment rights of those who opposed the war.
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