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To: reasonisfaith
You're wrong on both counts.

Can’t yell fire in a crowded theater.

You forgot the word "falsely", too. Schenck v. United States is the SCOTUS case which famously includes the phrase "falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater". The "falsely shouting fire" phrase was dicta, meaning it never was law. Furthermore, Schenck v. United States was overturned in 1969 by Brandenburg v. Ohio. So even if "falsely shouting fire" was prohibited at one time, it hasn't been in nearly the past 50 years since Brandenburg.

Same goes for knowingly publishing “news” that risks national security or individual lives.

The lawbreaker in a leaking case is the leaker, not the recipient of the leak. See New York Times Co. v. United States.

18 posted on 08/04/2017 5:59:11 PM PDT by SSS Two
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To: SSS Two

No kidding.

Do you see there are limits to free speech?


38 posted on 08/04/2017 7:20:04 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: SSS Two
The lawbreaker in a leaking case is the leaker, not the recipient of the leak.

If the recipient of the leak doesn't reveal their source, then they covering up a crime.

40 posted on 08/04/2017 7:32:08 PM PDT by FreeReign
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43 posted on 08/04/2017 9:28:22 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: SSS Two

Exactly right, can’t do much legally to the press for publishing the classified material... however,

Why not exclude them from the Press room / press corps covering the White House for a week or a month or the rest of the term (depending on severity)? Washington Post does not have the right to a seat!

Would definitely result in some elbow room in the crowded press room!


48 posted on 08/05/2017 4:58:28 AM PDT by dan on the right
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