JL;DR SUMMARY In 1919, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously changed his stance on free speech during the Abrams v. United States case, where five Russian-born Jewish anarchists were prosecuted for distributing leaflets opposing America's involvement in World War I. Holmes, influenced by progressive intellectuals like British-Jewish political scientist Harold Laski, shifted his views on free speech, emphasizing the importance of a marketplace of ideas. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.