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

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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...

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS...

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS...

I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the...

I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the...

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.

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...

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...

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never...

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never...

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 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...

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of...

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of...

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...

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...

It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the...

It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the...

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do...

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do...

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....

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast...

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast...

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...

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...

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview...

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview...