[Ohioan]

Stirring up a potential panic in the face of an unfolding disaster--still in progress--has always been an exception to the First Amendment. Jennings ought to spend the night in jail, and then hold his own press conference tomorrow--perhaps on the way to his deportation hearing.

Put the whole thing in perspective. Kids cannot even pray today, in a public school assembly--which clearly violates at least two provisions of the First Amendment-- but you think that Jennings can yell fire in a crowded theatre that has just been fire bombed.

William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site

[BenR2]

I don't believe Jennings violated the First Amendment strictures -- which are VERY generous.

I believe he DID violate the bounds of wisdom, decency, and common sense -- which form a far more restrictive perimeter.

Making Jennings, his managers at ABC, and his programs sponsors very uncomfortable until change comes is what is called for -- as it will come from an outraged citizenry.

Heavy-handed legal action by the Feds making a martyr out of Jennings would be unwise, and -- in my view -- less than Constitutional.