An Unconditional Right To Say What One

The Press Was Protected So That It Could Bare The Secrets Of The Government And Inform The People. Only A Free And Unrestrained Press Can Effectively Expose Deception In Government. And Paramount Among The Responsibilities Of A Free Press Is The Duty To Prevent Any Part Of The Government From Deceiving The People.

The Government's Power To Censor The Press Was Abolished So That The Press Would Remain Forever Free To Censure The Government. The Press Was Protected So That It Could Bare The Secrets Of Government And Inform The People. Only A Free And Unrestrained Press Can Effectively Expose Deception In Government.

When The Power, Prestige And Financial Support Of Government Is Placed Behind A Particular Religious Belief, The Indirect Coercive Pressure Upon Religious Minorities To Conform To The Prevailing Officially Approved Religion Is Plain.

Compelling A Man By Law To Pay His Money To Elect Candidates Or Advocate Law Or Doctrines He Is Against Differs Only In Degree, If At All, From Compelling Him By Law To Speak For A Candidate, A Party, Or A Cause He Is Against. The Very Reason For The First Amendment Is To Make The People Of This Country Free To Think, Speak, Write And Worship As They Wish, Not As The Government Commands.

We Believe Trial Judges Confronted With Disruptive, Contumacious, Stubbornly Defiant Defendants Must Be Given Sufficient Discretion To Meet The Circumstances In Each Case.