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22 August, 15:34

Read this famous quotation from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Which is the best interpretation of Holmes's meaning?

-The moment stringent [strict] protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fee in a theatre and causing panic.

--Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, opinion of the court, Schenck v. United States (1919).

A) The right to free speech is absolute and cannot be infringed upon.

B) The right to free speech depends upon how the Constitution is interpreted.

C) The right to free speech differs from state to state and circumstance to circumstance.

D) The right to free speech does not apply when it infringes upon the rights and safety of others.

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  1. 22 August, 18:22
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    D) The right to free speech does not apply when it infringes upon the rights and safety of others.
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