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In seven pages this paper considers the landmark 1964 Supreme Court case that reinforced the right of “freedom of speech, or of the press” that is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and also examines the impact of this decision. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" (The Declaration
of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, 1979, p. 31). The landmark U.S. Supreme Court case of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S.
254 (1964) was described by Moore (1999) as "the most important libel decision ever rendered by the Court" (p. 191). The decision in this case also demonstrated the lengths
to which the High Court was willing to go to in order to preserve the freedom of the press right guaranteed by the First Amendment. This ruling affected not
only the media, but also had future social and implications as to what freedom of the press entails. The background information and relative facts regarding this case are as follows.
On March 29, 1960, The New York Times ran a paid advertisement that was entitled "Heed Their Rising Voices" about Montgomery, Alabamas civil rights movement (Lawhorne, 1981, p. 26).
The ad solicited assistance from the public to support Southern Negroes and protect their human and civil liberties. The advertisement read, in part: "In Montgomery, Alabama, after
students sang My Country Tis of Thee on the State Capitol steps, their leaders were expelled from school, and truckloads of police armed with shotguns and tear-gas ringed the Alabama
State College Campus. When the entire student body protested to state authority by refusing to reregister, their dining hall was padlocked in an attempt to starve them into submission...
the Southern violators have answered Dr. Kings peaceful protests with intimidation and violence. They have bombed his home almost killing his wife and child. They have assaulted his
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