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> "Fire" in a movie theater is the classic example of the court deciding what sort of speech consitutes compelling action. "Shouting fire in a crowded theater"
by laverya 3y ago
> "Fire" in a movie theater is the classic example of the court deciding what sort of speech consitutes compelling action.
"Shouting fire in a crowded theater" is an analogy that was used to justify banning antidraft activism in the first world war. It is very much allowed under current precedent.
"Directed to and likely to incite imminent lawless action" is the current standard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...