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Quotation from New York Times Co. v. Sullivan by Supreme Court of the United States
“Although the Sedition Act was never tested in this Court the attack upon its validity has carried the day in the court of history.”
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Opinion of the Court (Brennan, J.), Part II (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Brennan concludes his account of the 1798 controversy over prosecutions for criticizing the government.
Citation: "Although the Sedition Act was never tested in this Court the attack upon its validity has carried the day in the court of history." — Supreme Court of the United States, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Opinion of the Court (Brennan, J.), Part II (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id new-york-times-v-sullivan-q2)
Portrait: US Supreme Court Justice William Brennan - 1972 official portrait, Robert S. Oakes, Public domain.
