Potter Stewart Quote

Most of the other provisions in the Bill of Rights protect specific liberties or specific rights of individuals.… In contrast, the free-press clause extends protection to an institution. The publishing business is, in short, the only organized private business that is given explicit constitutional protection.


speech, Yale Law School, 1974


Most of the other provisions in the Bill of Rights protect specific liberties or specific rights of individuals.… In contrast, the free-press...

Most of the other provisions in the Bill of Rights protect specific liberties or specific rights of individuals.… In contrast, the free-press...

Most of the other provisions in the Bill of Rights protect specific liberties or specific rights of individuals.… In contrast, the free-press...

Most of the other provisions in the Bill of Rights protect specific liberties or specific rights of individuals.… In contrast, the free-press...