Meg Ryan Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; November 19, 1961) is an American actress and producer. Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles before joining the cast of the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" in 1982. Subsequently, she began to appear in supporting roles in films during the mid 1980s, achieving recognition in independent films such as "Promised Land" (1988) before her performance in the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989) brought her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe nomination. Ryan subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally,
Shouting fire in a crowded theater government's recruitment efforts for the war. Holmes wrote: The First Amendment holding in "Schenck" was later partially overturned by "Brandenburg v. Ohio" in 1969, which limited the scope of banned speech to that which would be directed to and likely to incite imminent lawless action (e.g. a riot). The test in "Brandenburg" is the current Supreme Court jurisprudence on the ability of government to proscribe speech after that fact. Despite "Schenck" being limited, the phrase "shouting "fire" in a crowded theater" has since come to be known as synonymous with an action that the speaker believes goes beyond the rights