Card 6 / 123: Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s statement about "shouting fire in a crowded theater" meant that
A) free speech is not constitutionally protected if it presents a clear and present danger to others.
B) it is legal to do so considering the particular circumstances of the situation.
C) these words could be used in a nation under wartime conditions.
D) an expansion on the scope of allowable speech was necessary.
E) it is constitutionally protected under the fighting words definition of free speech.

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