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Topic: Clear and Present Danger

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The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Saddam Hussein
Politics:Conservative,  Religious right
Dream job(s):Terrorist,  Drug dealer
Favorite TV show(s):Big Brother
Favorite actor(s):Mel Gibson
Interest(s):Law,  Conspiracies,  Science
Ultimate fantasy(s):Finding genuinely free porn on the internet,  Destroying Civilization
Membership(s):Electronic Frontier Foundation,  Natural Law Party,  Amnesty International
Favorite quote(s):"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
 
 
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

The dangers this presents to electronic commerce should be clear.
Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Clear and Present Danger is considerably better and makes for an generally very entertaining listen even if it is riddled with more than the average amount of plagurism.
Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant

COMMANDO, PATRIOT GAMES, and A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER were brisk action scores, ripe with percussive excitement and heroic melodies.
Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator

The issue of young people helping clear ups rubbish and the dangers it could present was discussed.
John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant

Justices Holmes and Brandeis refused to accept this approach, but insisted that wherever speech was the evidence of the violation, it was necessary to show that the speech created the "clear and present danger" of the substantive evil which the legislature had the right to prevent.
The doctrine that there must be a clear and present danger of a substantive evil that Congress has a right to prevent is a judicial rule to be applied as a matter of law by the courts.
And very recently we have also suggested that `clear and present danger' is an appropriate guide in determining the constitutionality of restrictions upon expression where the substantive evil sought to be prevented [341 U.
Thomas Owens,
Police Officer

As a result, "provocative" speech directed at police officers is " `protected against censorship or punishment, unless shown likely to produce a clear and present danger of a serious substantive evil that rises far above public inconvenience, annoyance, or unrest.
Mark Harris,
Priest

But there the Court said that: "The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate

That utterances inciting to the overthrow of organized government by unlawful means, present a sufficient danger of substantive evil to bring their punishment within the range of legislative discretion, is clear.
It is now a commonplace that censorship or suppression of expression of opinion is tolerated by our Constitution only when the expression presents a clear and present danger of action of a kind the State is empowered to prevent and punish.
That is why freedom of speech, though not absolute, is nevertheless protected against censorship or punishment, unless shown likely to produce a clear and present danger of a serious substantive evil that rises far above public inconvenience, annoyance, or unrest.
 
 
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Jenny
2004-12-28 19:02:20
What is a danger and present danger rule?
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