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New York Times Co. V. United States

Statistics

  Counts

  Total Pages: 1.04
  Total Words: 259
  Total Characters: 1442
  Number of Sentences: 18


  Averages

  Words per Sentences: 14.39
  Characters per Words: 5.57


  Readability

  Flesch Reading Ease: 51.77
  Fog Scale Level: 14.25
  Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.61  

New York Times Co. V. United States

The New York
Times printed allegedly classified documents that leaked from the Pentagon
about the war in Vietnam.  A 47 volume classified history of the American involvement
in Vietnam was distributed to the Times and, later, the Post by Daniel Ellsberg,
a minor writer in the Pentagon Papers.  The Times published these papers bit
by bit until the Nixon administration sought an injunction on the Times to
stop publication.  The Supreme Court found that the First Amendment did not
permit an injunction against the Times.  

The issue here is weather or not
the First Amendment applies to federal papers, and weather prior restraint
is unconstitutional.  Also, can the government seek an injunction on a press
to halt publication of such documents, even in cases of national security.


The Suprem...

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