Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Words, speech, and a free press.

There are some words that make public interest lawyers get out of bed in the morning ready to fight:

Note the contrast between:

"Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government."
via the US Supreme Court NY Times v. US 1971


and:


Referring to publishing WikiLeaks releases:  “To me the New York Times has committed at least an act of bad citizenship, but whether they have committed a crime is a matter of discussion for the justice department.” Senator Joe Lieberman 2010
via Daring Fireball