Recalling the papers and the papers

Article Abstract:

The publication of the Pentagon Papers by the Washington Post and the New York Times gave the American people information about the US involvement in Vietnam which the government did not want them to have and spawned a US Supreme Court case. The ruling which came down was for freedom of the press, stating on June 30, 1971, that an injunction would have no meaning since newspaper publication had already given out information damaging to national security. The court's rationale for allowing publication was that the government did not present enough evidence of immediate serious harm, not that it could not make a case for prior restraint.

Cases, Records and correspondence, National security, United States. Department of Defense, Prior restraint

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Private censorship is uniquely dangerous

Article Abstract:

The V-chip controversy signals potential censorship by private groups, which is much more dangerous than governmental censorship. This is so because the First Amendment is mainly a remedy against governmental intrusion; because learning of private censorship can be a difficult as stopping it; and because private groups are often less able to resist pressure from special interests than the government because of the importance of advertising and customer support. Corporations and advertisers would control television content under a V-chip regime, not parents.

Political aspects, Television and children, Censorship, V-chip, V-chips

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Keynote address: state of the union for the law of the new millennium, the Internet, and the First Amendment

Article Abstract:

The author examines surveys on how the general US population reacts to the First Amendment, conceptual issues in the modern world involving the First Amendment, and the effects of corporate and media power concentration on what can be seen and learned.

United States, Analysis, Laws, regulations and rules, Internet, Freedom of speech

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