▲ 737 ▼ Congressman ‘Caught on Camera’ Pulling Fire Alarm to in Apparent Attempt to Delay Vote to Avoid Shutdown (www.mediaite.com) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 years ago Yelling fire in a crowded theater has been protected speech since the 60s The case was later partially overturned by Brandenburg v. Ohio in 1969, which limited the scope of banned speech to that which would be directed to and likely to incite imminent lawless action (e.g. a riot).[1] permalink fedilink source parent