CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court.

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So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing...

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing...

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I...

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I...

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about...

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about...

I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether...

I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether...

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or...

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or...

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It...

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It...

No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute...

No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute...

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at...

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at...

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was...

The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was...

The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very...

The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very...

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that...

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that...

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas,...

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas,...

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest...

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest...

I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources....

I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources....

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about...

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about...

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public...

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public...

My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the...

My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the...