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Quotation from Near v. Minnesota by Supreme Court of the United States
“It is of the greatest importance that the States shall be untrammeled and free to employ all just and appropriate measures to prevent abuses of the liberty of the press.”
Near v. Minnesota, Dissent of Justice Butler (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Butler defends the states' authority to act against publications adjudged malicious and defamatory.
Citation: "It is of the greatest importance that the States shall be untrammeled and free to employ all just and appropriate measures to prevent abuses of the liberty of the press." — Supreme Court of the United States, Near v. Minnesota, Dissent of Justice Butler (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id near-v-minnesota-q6)
Portrait: Charles Evans Hughes cph.3b15401 (3x4a), Underwood & Underwood, Public domain.
