2016 Campaign. Obama. Science Politics. Gun Control. Healthcare. Voter ID laws. Gerrymandering. Money. Wacky. The Shutdown. SCOTUS justices get more liberal with age : dataisbeautiful. MSNBC interrupts Congresswoman for report on Justin Bieber. It's Time to Stop Using the 'Fire in a Crowded Theater' Quote - Trevor Timm. Oliver Wendell Holmes made the analogy during a controversial Supreme Court case that was overturned more than 40 years ago.
Everett Collection/Shutterstock Ninety-three years ago, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote what is perhaps the most well-known -- yet misquoted and misused -- phrase in Supreme Court history: "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. " Without fail, whenever a free speech controversy hits, someone will cite this phrase as proof of limits on the First Amendment. And whatever that controversy may be, "the law"--as some have curiously called it--can be interpreted to suggest that we should err on the side of censorship.
Holmes' quote has become a crutch for every censor in America, yet the quote is wildly misunderstood. In the last few years, the quote has reared its head on countless occasions. First, it's important to note U.S. v. How Democrats and Republicans Wage War. Offered one day preceding the final Presidential debate, on foreign policy, in order to give you all some badly-needed perspective on the most important foreign policy matter of all... when and how to fight.
Last year finally saw the end of America's second-longest war. Dragging on a decade, that was the multi-trillion dollar quagmire of attrition and so-called "nation-building" in Iraq. Our longest war, the continuing multi-trillion dollar, "nation-building" quagmire in Afghanistan, continues on and on.
Why is this not a major campaign issue? Together, these vast military adventures account for about a third of the deficit that folks are so vexed about. But today's topic is war. No, let's focus: do the two U.S. political parties differ in how they wage war? Democrats and Republicans each divert attention from this matter. Well I'm not squeamish. == War is changing - though it may be with us for a while == This trend is manifest in how war is carried out. Indeed, we had to go! Exclusive: U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans.
How to Rig an Election. Report — From the November 2012 issue The G.O.P. aims to paint the country red By Victoria Collier It was a hot summer in 1932 when Louisiana senator Huey “Kingfish” Long arranged to rig the vote on a number of amendments to his state’s constitution that would be advantageous to his financial interests.
Long was no stranger to rigged votes. This time around, however, the fix delivered by his machine was blatant and sloppy: his favored amendments won unanimously in sixteen New Orleans precincts and garnered identical vote totals in twenty-eight others. Eugene Stanley, the incorruptible district attorney for Orleans Parish, presented evidence of fraud to a grand jury. When this effort failed, another grand jury was convened. Why Is the US Still Hung Up on the Abortion Debate? A Bioethics Perspective.