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Quotation from Near v. Minnesota by Supreme Court of the United States
“The fact that the liberty of the press may be abused by miscreant purveyors of scandal does not make any the less necessary the immunity of the press from previous restraint in dealing with official misconduct. Subsequent punishment for such abuses as may exist is the appropriate remedy consistent with constitutional privilege.”
Near v. Minnesota, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Hughes) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Chief Justice Hughes concedes that the press may be misused but holds that punishment after publication, not suppression, is the proper remedy.
Citation: "The fact that the liberty of the press may be abused by miscreant purveyors of scandal does not make any the less necessary the immunity of the press from previous restraint in dealing with official misconduct. Subsequent punishment for such abuses as may exist is the appropriate remedy consistent with constitutional privilege." — Supreme Court of the United States, Near v. Minnesota, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Hughes) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id near-v-minnesota-q4)
Portrait: Charles Evans Hughes cph.3b15401 (3x4a), Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
