It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know.
The government understands - every government, every administration, both parties, understands - that that power, they just don't have. - Floyd Abrams
The government understands - every government, every administration, both parties, understands - that that power, they just don't have.
- Floyd Abrams
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it… - Floyd Abrams
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it…
I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas, in New York. - Floyd Abrams
I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas, in New York.
So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as … - Floyd Abrams
So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as …
I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause … - Floyd Abrams
I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause …
The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful o… - Floyd Abrams
The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful o…
I really believe that a lawyer - no matter how good - if he or she is really worth their weight in salt, they will lose some cases because, after all… - Floyd Abrams
I really believe that a lawyer - no matter how good - if he or she is really worth their weight in salt, they will lose some cases because, after all…
I can tell you, having been in court today in New York, that the requests for the video outtakes have been dropped. - Floyd Abrams
I can tell you, having been in court today in New York, that the requests for the video outtakes have been dropped.
I really do think that if we had lost that case we would really live in a country that would be really quite different. - Floyd Abrams
I really do think that if we had lost that case we would really live in a country that would be really quite different.
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