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" 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. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished... "
The Costs of War: America's Pyrrhic Victories - Page 34
edited by - 1997 - 450 pages
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Study of Population and Immigration Problems, Parts 13-16

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - United States - 1963 - 598 pages
...form of governing was at the heart of Mr. Justice Black's reminder in the Pentagon Papers case that "[t]he press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people." 403 US, at 717 (concurring opinion). Similarly, Senator Sam Ervin has observed: "When the people do...
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Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives

Archives - 1992 - 576 pages
...reminded us that "the Government's power to censor the press was abolished [by the First Amendment] so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government." Writing in the midst of the war in Vietnam, Black wrote that "paramount among the responsibilities...
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U.S. Government Information Policies and Practices--the Pentagon Papers ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee - Digital images - 1971 - 1046 pages
...fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished...free and unrestrained press can effectively expose dec-option in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent...
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Reform of the Federal Criminal Laws: Hearings, Ninety-second ..., Parts 11-12

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures - Criminal law - 1971 - 1792 pages
...to publish news, whatever the source, without censorship, injunction, or prior restraints." ******* "The press was protected so that it could bare the...press can effectively expose deception in government." (emphasis supplied). And to the argument by the Solicitor General on behalf of the Government that...
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U.S. Government Information Policies and Practices--the Pentagon Papers ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee - Executive privilege (Government information) - 1972 - 1516 pages
...prior restraint." t late Justice Hugo Black ruled many years later in his last opinion : "The i>r< was protected so that it could bare the secrets of Government and inform t people." The Supreme Court since has been divided on the principle of the first апнт ment as...
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U.S. Government Information Policies and Practices--the Pentagon Papers ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee - Digital images - 1971 - 676 pages
...needs in the first amendment. As the late Justice Hugo Black put it so eloquently in his last opinion : "The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the près« would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could...
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Newsmen's Privilege: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 3 - Confidential communications - 1972 - 294 pages
...fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished...the Government. The press was protected so that it couhl bare the secrets of govern-tnent and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can...
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Newsmen's Privilege: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 3 ... , 92-2, on H.R ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1972 - 300 pages
...fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished...censure the Government. The press was protected so Hiat it could hare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press...
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U.S. Government Information Policies and Practices: The Pentagon Papers ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee - Executive privilege (Government information) - 1971 - 1844 pages
...fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished...censure the Government. The press was protected so thai it could bare the secrets of government ;md inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press...
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Freedom of the Press: Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, First and Second Sessions

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights - Freedom of the press - 1972 - 1352 pages
...fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished...would remain forever free to censure the Government. Notwithstanding the Supreme Court's holding in this case, the Government's attempt to restrain publication...
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