Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.
First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
AFTER all of the frantic legal maneuvering, the hasty argumentation, the acceleration of suspense in the certainty that a historic ruling was imminent, the U.S. Supreme Court revealed its Pentagon papers decision in a decorous session that lasted only four minutes. The decision consisted of just three dry paragraphs, and was summed up in two words: "We agree." By a margin of 6 to 3, the Justices thus confirmed the judgment of several lower courts. The U.S. Government had failed to prove...
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