When Did the 'fire in a Crowded Theater' Limit on Free Speech Appear?
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On Factually, Adam Conover says the First Amendment's freedom of speech did not work, for much of American history, the way schools teach it now. The limit people remember, a clear and present danger such as shouting fire in a crowded theater, is a standard that protects political advocacy and was not enunciated until 1919, so that level of protection is about a century old. He sets the point up before introducing UCLA law professor Adam Winkler, author of Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America and We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights.
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