New York Times Co. V. United S
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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 publish ....
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.... of proof to
justify the injunction based on prior restraint. This verdict was reached
June 25, 1971. A heavy burden of proof is placed on the government whenever
there is grounds for prior restraint. Is this burden is not sufficiently substantiated,
then and injunction cannot be issued.
The First Amendment protects the
rights of individuals and the press to communicate freely. The U.S. has the
right to halt any publication that they deem harmful, if and only if, they
show enough evid ....
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