Teaching Civics Freedom of the Press: New York Times v. United States

Freedom of the Press: New York Times v. United States

Posted By llad On July 30, 2017 @ 8:59 am In | Comments Disabled

From Annenberg Classroom

This documentary examines the First Amendment’s protection of a free press as well as the historic origins of this right and the ramifications of the landmark ruling in New York Times v. United States, the Pentagon Papers case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that prior restraint is unconstitutional. Justice Hugo Black wrote: “Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government…”

Watch video (25 min.): http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/freedom-of-the-press-new-york-times-v-united-states ^[1]

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