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Quotation from Gitlow v. New York by Supreme Court of the United States
“For present purposes we may and do assume that freedom of speech and of the press — which are protected by the First Amendment from abridgment by Congress — are among the fundamental personal rights and "liberties" protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the States.”
Gitlow v. New York, Opinion of the Court (Justice Sanford) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Sanford's assumption, for the majority, that the Fourteenth Amendment protects speech and press against state action.
Citation: "For present purposes we may and do assume that freedom of speech and of the press — which are protected by the First Amendment from abridgment by Congress — are among the fundamental personal rights and "liberties" protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the States." — Supreme Court of the United States, Gitlow v. New York, Opinion of the Court (Justice Sanford) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id gitlow-v-new-york-q1)
Portrait: Justice Edward Terry Sanford, Harris & Ewing, Inc., Public domain.
