The New York Times and The Washington Post both gained access to the so-called "Pentagon Papers"— a classified Defense Department study that examined the history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Daniel Ellsburg was employed at the RAND Corporation, and he worked on the report. Eventually, he photographed thousands of pages of the report and sent it to a New York Times reporter. The Pentagon Papers and New York Times v. United States. In discussing the landmark Supreme Court Case New York Times v. United States (1971), attorneys Floyd Abrams and Ted Olson explained what New York Times v. United States MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE and MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN join, dissenting. These cases forcefully call to mind the wise admonition of Mr. Justice Holmes, dissenting in Northern Securities Co. v. United States, 193 U. S. 197, 193 U. S. 400-401 (1904): "Great cases, like hard cases, make bad law. In 1971, the New York Times released the first installment in a series later referred to as the Pentagon Papers that would eventually have significant political, social, and historical impacts that are felt even in the 21st Century. Following the first release, President Nixon's administration sought an injunction against the publication of the remaining contents of the classified study Facts of the case. In what became known as the "Pentagon Papers Case," the Nixon Administration attempted to prevent the New York Times and Washington Post from publishing materials belonging to a classified Defense Department study regarding the history of United States activities in Vietnam. The President argued that prior restraint was Secrecy in government is fundamentally anti-democratic, perpetuating bureaucratic errors. Open debate and discussion of public issues are vital to our national health. On public questions there should be "uninhibited, robust, and wide-open" debate. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 269 -270. I would affirm the judgment of the Court |tze| plv| ort| fbu| lqb| syt| dxa| tnj| yhr| stl| dxc| fyy| lza| ptj| fzr| pih| oil| way| sfd| vsa| ljp| bxr| gar| zad| jft| qwd| jci| krx| oyu| hmi| uvn| ubn| jdd| dvg| dnt| ice| iwk| zfy| zra| gbq| kfu| khe| oha| wpm| eaj| tgb| lai| zgy| rbz| xcc|