The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have [to] bare the secrets of government and inform the people.

Quote by Hugo Black

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The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek...

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the...

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly...

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion.

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion.

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he...

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't...

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't...

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious.

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious.

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me...

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me...