That Amendment requires the state to be a neutral in its relations with groups of religious believers and … - Hugo Black

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My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me,. . . So I never felt connected or attached to any race specifically. I had a very American upbringing, I feel American, and I don't speak Spanish. So, to say that I'm a Latin actress, OK, but it's not fitting; it would be insincere.

Hugo Black

That Amendment requires the state to be a neutral in its relations with groups of religious believers and nonbelievers; it does not require the state to be their adversary. State power is no more to be used so as to handicap religions than it is to favor them.

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The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.

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The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.

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Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

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The First Amendment's language leaves no room for inference that abridgments of speech and press can be made just because they are slight. That Amendment provides, in simple words, that "Congress shall make no law. . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. " I read "no law. . . abridging" to mean no law abridging.

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There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.

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