I'm always amused to see people use the "fire in a crowded theater" analogy. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. coined the phrase in Schenck v. United States.[1

I'm always amused to see people use the "fire in a crowded theater" analogy. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. coined the phrase in Schenck v. United States.[1] In that case, he sent a man to prison for the crime of leafleting against the draft in World War I. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States#The_Court's_decision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States#The_C...