> You can have a right of free speech and still not be allowed to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. I am truly surprised how frequently this old gem gets trot

> You can have a right of free speech and still not be allowed to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. I am truly surprised how frequently this old gem gets trotted out as if there might be someone who is unaware of it. I am pretty sure most kids (at least where I grew up) get taught about this in 5th or 6th grade Civics or Social Studies classes. And I bet some of them can even recall that it was Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes who said it -- but probably just because that guy had a really cool name.