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Note that the “shouting fire in a crowded theatre” argument comes from an overturned 1919 Supreme Court case which held that the federal government could ban the distribution of anti-draft pamphlets during WW1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_t...



And that Supreme Court decision was overturned later in Brandenburg v Ohio.




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