Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.
Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
We have never done anything to stop freedom of expression or freedom of press.
The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it cloak the inmate with special rights of freedom of speech.
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.
We're privileged as citizens of the United States to live in a society where the press can act in an adversarial role in a number of different ways.
First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully.
Reporters, even flawed reporters, should not be jailed for protecting even flawed sources.
I don't want to impede free press, by the way. The last thing I would want to do is that.
The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.
