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This was one of a clutch of related cases before the Supreme Court that gave us the pro-censorship cliché about "shouting fire in a theater."[1]

The Espionage Act that they were convicted under is, of course, still on the books, and now primarily used against whistleblowers and leakers.

[1]: https://www.popehat.com/2012/09/19/three-generations-of-a-ha...

parent user982 8 years ago

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