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The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of governme...

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The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But th...

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When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice...

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It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first conditio...

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Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the ...

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In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the ...

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Hugo Black

Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Born: 1886-02-27

Died: 1971-09-25

Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American politician and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, Black represented the state of Alabama in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1937, and served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937 until he retired shortly before his death.More