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title: "The court case was Schenck v. U.S.  Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes…"
date: 2022-05-21
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# The court case was Schenck v. U.S.  Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes…

*May 21, 2022 · Twitter/X*

The court case was Schenck v. U.S. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes defended his decision to uphold the conviction of Schenck for publishing an anti-draft pamphlet by stating \"free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic.\" [https://x.com/statelessmed/status/1527851595005710336](https://x.com/statelessmed/status/1527851595005710336){target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}