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Question by  jmushoe (27)

What was Oliver Wendell Holmes's view on the First Amendment?

 
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Answer by  Kurt (4579)

His most famous view on the 1st amendment was that it did not protect people that falsely yelled "fire" in a crowded theater causing harm to the public.

 
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Answer by  tamkees (3203)

Holmes believed that people have a natural impulse toward censorship. Government is especially prone to attempt censorship. Therefore, the First Amendment is critical to protecting the right to dissenting thought.

 
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Answer by  palaeologus (564)

He would test government's right to limit speech by whether the words "create a clear and present danger [so as to] bring about ... substantive evils." Schenck v. United States.

 
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