Posted on 08/24/2017 1:08:33 PM PDT by simpson96
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appeared confused in an interview this week about what kind of speech is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
“The Constitution does not say that a person can shout…yell ‘wolf’ in a crowded theater. If you are endangering people, then you don’t have a constitutional right to do that,” Pelosi said in an interview on Wednesday with San Francisco TV station KRON.
The Democrat seemingly meant to paraphrase an opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in the landmark free speech case, Schenck v. United States (1919).
“The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic,” Holmes wrote in his opinion.
Pelosi offered up the mixed metaphor after being asked about a request she made with the National Park Service to deny a permit to Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group that has plans to hold a rally at San Francisco’s Crissy Field this weekend.
The National Park Service initially withheld the permit until Patriot Prayer’s organizers agreed to certain conditions aimed at limiting the risk of violence at the event.
“My hope is the park service would not allow these elements to use a national park to spew forth their venom,” Pelosi said in the interview.
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Can I yell “kitty”?
You can’t cry Fire in an empty forest...................
She is increasingly doing stuff like this. Wonder why no one from the Left (or Right) publicly questions her mental capacity, like they are with Trump.
If you yell “fire” in a public park, are you endangering anyone?
I thought you only got in trouble the third time.
Poor Nancy. Time for assisted living.
Gee, Nancy . . does your ‘wolf” quote apply to the blacks who attacked and threatened whites during Ferguson?
Or do they too get a pass like they do on admissions and jobs requirements?
I AM SpartaLEE
That would almost be as bad as yelling “senile” in the gallery of Congress!
“It’s an ill wind that gathers no moss.”
Good grief, STFU, you ignorant s***.
But are you allowed to yell “Alloha Snackbar” in a crowded theater?
No one got upset when they called Bush a "Chimp," but they got upset when someone called Obama a "Chimp"
Why is that? Too close to home??
-PJ
And you can’t yell “FIRE!!!” in a sheep pen.
I’m tellin’ ya, the man and the dog are DEFINITELY working together!
I’ve been publicly questioning her
For YEARS
But if I see you, Nanzi Pewlosi, I can yell “rotted b*tch”.
It's her brain, she should consult McCain's doctor.
....and you can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd.
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