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“I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Reflections on ‘the most powerful dissent in American history’ one century later

In his dissent, Oliver Wendell Holmes argued that the 1st Amendment protects the right to critique the government, and that right should only be curtailed when there is a “present danger of immediate evil.”

December 3, 2019December 18, 2019 Lisa Hoover Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Legislation
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