It was also the subject of a public corruption opinion written in 1907 by Justice Holmes.
Justice Holmes developed the concept of "clear and present danger" as the test any restriction on speech had to meet.
Justice Holmes once said that hard cases make bad law.
Justice Holmes, in a dissent that has become the law, said:
Freedom only for those who agree with us, as Justice Holmes said, would not amount to much.
Justice Holmes dissented because he thought that the issue did not "arise under" federal law.
But our system, Justice Holmes said, is "freedom for the thought that we hate."
Justice Holmes had a pair of binoculars through which he was scanning the shore.
I have what Justice Holmes called the desire to share the passion and action of your time.
Justice Holmes began to doubt his decision due to criticism received from free speech advocates.