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Default HOA smacks down free speech
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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:11:14 -0400, "
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Everyone has the right to free speech, but it doesn't give someone the
right to yell "fire" in a crowded movie theater.


Actually the Supreme court reversed the Oliver Wendall Holmes "fire in
a crowded theater" decision when they upheld the right to wear a "****
the draft" T shirt in the 70s
The original decision SCHENCK v. U.S. , 249 U.S. 47 (1919) compared
"fie in a theater" to protesting the draft..
I guess you can yell "fire" in a crowded theater now.

The SC did not mention in any way Schenck, so it would be hard to
suggest they overturned any of it.

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