“The very purpose of the First Amendment is to
foreclose public authority from assuming a guardianship of the public mind
through regulating the press, speech and religion. In this field, every person
must be his own watchman for truth, because the forefathers did not trust any
government to separate the true from the false for us.”
—Robert
H. Jackson (1892-1954),
Supreme Court associate justice (1941-1954), in a 1945 decision. See “First Amendment Champion Abrams Discusses Freedom of Speech,”
Robert H. Jackson Center, 2017.
• Editorial Comment: Surely we can trust the government to tell us what’s right. Right? Don’t call me Shirley
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