kodos96 comments on Schelling fences on slippery slopes - Less Wrong

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Comment author: kodos96 21 December 2012 09:19:15PM *  1 point [-]

Wow. The 'fire' thing doesn't even fit well as an analogy in that context. Your country scares me!

That era, and those rulings, are pretty widely regarded as the low point of American first amendment jurisprudence. Things have rebounded significantly since then, and, as Vladimir points out, those cases have long since been superseded as binding case law.

Edit: spelling.