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by mattraibert 4691 days ago
>the famous adage of shouting "fire!" in a crowded theater

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-time...

> In 1969, the Supreme Court's decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio effectively overturned Schenck and any authority the case still carried. There, the Court held that inflammatory speech--and even speech advocating violence by members of the Ku Klux Klan--is protected under the First Amendment, unless the speech "is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action" (emphasis mine).