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On the recordJuly 28, 2020
the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing panic.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline references a Supreme Court principle on limits to harmful speech.

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