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Definition of Clear and present danger
1. Noun. A standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged. "No one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clear And Present Danger
Literary usage of Clear and present danger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Congress, which has power to raise an army and naval forces by conscription when
public safety demands, may, to avert a clear and present danger, ..."
2. Freedom of Speech by Zechariah Chafee (1920)
"... held guilty of conspiracy under section 6 of the United States Criminal Code
unless the danger-test is satisfied. There is no " clear and present danger ..."
3. Ballistic Missile Defense: Responding to the Current Ballistic Missile edited by Robert L Ehrlich (2000)
"The illicit purchase of nuclear materials from the former Soviet Union constitutes
a clear and present danger to US and international security. ..."
4. Protecting Our Personal Health Information: Privacy in the Electronic Age edited by Bill First (1999)
"Whether this "clear and present danger" can be avoided will depend on the nature
of federal standards which the Secretary of HHS must recommend to Congress ..."
5. Freedom of Speech in War Time by Zechariah Chafee (1919)
"The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances
and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that ..."
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