June 30, 2003
First Amendment Battles
Quote of the day:"[F]or the first time in the 182 years since the founding of the Republic, the federal courts are asked to hold that the First Amendment does not mean what it says, but rather means that the Government can halt the publication of current news of vital importance to the people of this country. In seeking injunctions against these newspapers and in its presentation to the Court, the Executive Branch seems to have forgotten the essential purpose and history of the First Amendment ... I can imagine no greater perversion of history." - Justice Hugo Black, giving the 6-3 decision favoring the Washington Post over the government for the publication of The Pentagon Papers.(taken from an article at salon.com)
Damn. I'm hungry for more of that.