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September 14, 2010
What is today's 'crowded theater'?
Justice Breyer appeared on Good Morning America this morning to plug his new book, Making Our Democracy Work. About 2/3 into the video linked below (trouble with the embed), George Stephanopolous asked whether the backlash from the proposed Koran burning earlier this week poses a problem for the First Amendment. Breyer dodged a bit, but does tip his hat to Holmes' notion that the constitution doesn't guarantee a right to shout fire in a crowded theater, "because people will be trampled to death."
True enough.
But what does that mean when the shout is heard around the world, because it's posted on the internet?
-Kathleen Bergin
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