> The US Supreme Court has ruled that one cannot, for example, falsely scream fire in a crowded theater. Very few people seem to know the context of that rulin

> The US Supreme Court has ruled that one cannot, for example, falsely scream fire in a crowded theater. Very few people seem to know the context of that ruling. That line of thought was used to justify criminal punishment of two socialists from Philadelphia for hindering the war effort in 1917. Their crime: they distributed anti-war leaflets. Elizabeth Baer spent 3 months in prison, Charles T. Schenck 10 years. Goes to show the extent "yelling fire in a theater" can be stretched, and has been stretched from the very first case.