"Shouting fire in a crowded theater" is a popular analogy for speech or actions whose principal purpose is to create panic, and in particular for speech...
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Shouting Fire may refer to: Shouting fire in a crowded theater, a phrase that deals with the topic of freedom of speech Shouting Fire: Stories from the...
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jurisprudence. Prohibitions on shouting fire in a crowded theater (as a practical joke, not as a warning) are not considered controversial in any country, given the...
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can be rather unpleasant, and in an emergency can be extremely dangerous (indeed, "shouting fire in a crowded theater" is the standard example of the...
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Right to petition Shouting fire in a crowded theater Speech code Threatening the president of the United States "freedom of speech In: The American Heritage®...
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of fire gods Shouting fire in a crowded theater All pages with titles containing fire All pages with titles beginning with Fire Daag: The Fire, a 1999...
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Schenck v. United States (category Conscription in the United States)
a question of proximity and degree. The phrase "shouting fire in a crowded theater" has since become a popular metaphor for the dangers or limitations...
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Brandenburg v. Ohio (category United States Supreme Court decisions that overrule a prior Supreme Court decision)
especially in circumstances related to online terrorist recruitment. United States portal Law portal Free speech portal Shouting fire in a crowded theater Threatening...
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Italian Hall disaster (category 1913 disasters in the United States)
Royal Surrey Gardens Seeberville Murders Shouting fire in a crowded theater A complete list of the dead which is a reprint from P. Germain, Tinsel and Tears...
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Clear and present danger (category Censorship in the United States)
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List of common misconceptions about arts and culture (category Wikipedia articles incorporating the Cite Grove template without a link parameter)
2023. Retrieved 2020-06-20. Volokh, Eugene (2015-05-11). "Shouting fire in a crowded theater". Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 20...
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Sedition (category All Wikipedia articles in need of updating)
Schenck led to the "shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater" explanation of the limits of free speech. The laws were largely repealed in 1921, leaving laws...
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Espionage Act of 1917 (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
the origin of the notion that speech equivalent to "falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater" is not protected by the First Amendment. Justice Holmes began...
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Brooklyn Theatre fire was a catastrophic theatre fire that broke out on the evening of December 5, 1876, in the city of Brooklyn (now a borough of New York...
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Threatening the president of the United States (redirect from Threatening the life of a US President)
plots List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 395 Shouting fire in a crowded theater Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919) Brandenburg v...
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Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (category 1942 in United States case law)
List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 315 Shouting fire in a crowded theater Threatening the president of the United States Abrams v. United States...
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Imminent lawless action (category Illegal speech in the United States)
Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors Clear and present danger List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 395 Shouting fire in a crowded...
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This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the White Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Edward Douglass...
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Terminiello v. City of Chicago (category 1949 in United States case law)
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Al-Manar (category All Wikipedia articles in need of updating)
Terrorist Media in part to stop Al-Manar, said Al-Manar was "shouting fire in a crowded theater", although Lieberman disagreed with that metaphor. The lack...
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Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy (redirect from Sex, Sin and Blasphemy: A Guide to America's Censorship Wars)
societal interest. The classic example is falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater and causing a stampede. "Even then, the speech may be silenced or...
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Hess v. Indiana (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
danger List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 414 Shouting fire in a crowded theater Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919) Chaplinsky v...
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Kunz v. New York (category United States Supreme Court cases in 1951)
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Dennis v. United States (category 1951 in United States case law)
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Feiner v. New York (category United States Supreme Court cases in 1951)
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March 1919 (category Months in the 1910s)
draft for World War I. The phrase "shouting fire in a crowded theater" became popular in reference to a passage in the court's decision that stated reasons...
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Sacher v. United States (category 1952 in United States case law)
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Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten (category 1917 in United States case law)
a specific time and place. Clear and present danger Imminent lawless action List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 395 Shouting fire in a crowded...
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Winter Garden Theatre (1850) (redirect from Winter Garden Theater (1850))
Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C., while shouting the historic words of senator Brutus in ancient Rome, upon joining in the murder of Julius...
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Stable' a Day After a California School Shooting". The New York Times. Blake, Brittanye (December 16, 2024). "Charges pending after shots fired in Valdosta...
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