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Honest question because I've never understood this. How does this reconcile with the declaration of independence saying it's the right of the people to alter or abolish the government?
But when government no longer honors the will of We the People, we ABSOLUTELY have the God given right to overthrow the government. See the 2nd amendment.
Lots of things are written in the "rule book" that are being ignored. The government wiped it's ass with our constitution and laws long ago.
It's pure hypocrisy as far as I can see. Our government was founded on rebellion, and rightfully so.
>no one is above the law
Horseshit. I see new videos of cops breaking the law every day, and they continue to get away with it. I see videos of judges breaking the law all the time, and they get away with it. The government gave itself immunity, literally holding itself above the law, or "thin blue line".
No, tyranny is tyranny. A lesser form of tyranny is still tyranny.
This country was founded on rebellion. We rebelled against the king, and for valid reason. Now people are fighting for majority will as their king… democracy. The bill of rights setup protections for the rights of the minority from the majority, and those protections are being ignored. So, if the difference is "One enforces the will of a legitimate government for, of, and by the people. The other is for the removal of, and by the people for a tyrannical government" then it's hypocrisy, because our constitution is supposed to protect the minorities God given rights FROM the majority of the people.
Tyranny: cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control.
What does our 2nd amendment say? Are people allowed to keep AND BEAR arms in every city and every state in our country?
What does the 4th amendment say? Why does "civil asset forfeiture" exist?
The United States government is nothing but hypocrisy, and I don't mean just recently.
>isn't shouting "fire" in a crowded theater when there is no fire
>the classic example of when "free speech" doesn't apply?
"You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater. I’m sure you’ve heard somebody say that before when discussing free speech and limitations on free speech and the First Amendment. Well, it’s actually one of the most widely misunderstood quotes in American law. It’s routinely parroted as the status of why there can be or are limitations on free speech, but it is a big fat myth. I will explain here in just a moment, so stick around.
Happy Friday, everybody. Hope you had a great week, and as I said, I’m talking this week about the legal myth of you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater. It comes up all the time in all of my First Amendment type cases when I’m discussing somebody kind of where the limitations on free speech are, they always say, “Well, yeah, I know there are limitations because you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater.” So where did that come from?
It actually came from a case way back when, in I believe it was 1917, Schenck versus United States is the case. I’ll put the citation down here so you can actually look it up. And it was a quote from Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes. And the interesting about it is the Schenck case wasn’t about fires, it wasn’t about theaters, it kind of wasn’t even about free speech. It was in a way, but it was really about a guy that was being charged with violations of the Espionage Act because he was a member of the socialist party and he was speaking out against the draft. And the other bizarre thing about why this quote gets attributed to why it’s okay to limit free speech is, the Schenck case, which has now actually been overturned and has been for like 60 years, actually stood for the exact opposite. The Schenck case was applying a pretty large degree of censorship on free speech. That’s why it was overturned is because it was actually found to be completely contrary toward what the First Amendment stood for.
So, the idea that you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater, Justice Holmes was using that as an analogy to simply say that free speech can’t go completely unchecked. And that idea has maintained it’s truth throughout the years. That’s still true. There are limitations on what is considered protected speech and what is not considered protected speech, and that’s a topic for a different video. But it’s just always been interesting to me that this quote, which is just dicta, it’s not the holding of the case, it’s not really the law of the land, and it’s not Justice Holmes saying that’s what the law of the land should be, has somehow withstood the test of time and is still, to this day, if you watch news reports on First Amendment issues, or you read newspaper articles on First Amendment issues, you’ll invariably run into somebody that talks about, “Well, we all know you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater.” That’s not the law. It really never has been the law. And it’s from a case that got overturned some 60 plus years ago.
So, anyway, quick video today, just wanted to bust that legal myth. I’m going to start this series where I’m going to try to shortly dispose of some legal myths that you hear pretty regularly. So stay tuned because I think, I’m hoping, this is the first video in a series. If there’s any legal myths out there that you want me to examine, whether that’s tell you if they’re true or not true, I’m happy to do it, especially if they relate to criminal law, because that’s really what my practice area is. So, stay tuned for those. Drop me a comment below, send me an email, give me a call if you have any ideas or something you want to see me discuss in a future video, and I’d be happy to do it. Have a great weekend, everybody. Stay safe out there and we’ll see you next week."
https://www.whalenlawoffice.com/blog/legal-mythbusting-series-yelling-fire-in-a-crowded-theater/
Are you blind?
Tyranny
cruel and oppressive government or rule.
cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control.
>Fourth Amendment
>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.