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Freedom of the Press @FreedomofPress

From Justice Hugo Black's majority opinion in the case: "In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors." /2 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 30, 2021

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Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court handed down New York Times Co. v. United States, a landmark decision for press freedom that cleared the way for reporting on the Pentagon Papers and roundly rejected prior restraint. https://t.co/8onN7XG0L8 /1 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 30, 2021

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"The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people." /3 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 30, 2021