The Heritage Foundation hosted this event where panelists debated the pros and cons of existing laws. Good afternoon. My name is david azerrad, director of the simon center principles and politics and the Family Foundation fellow here at the Heritage Foundation. Its my pleasure to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation for this panel discussion. The freedom of the press as all americans know is enshrined in the First Amendment. A free press is a necessary component of republican selfgovernment and a hallmark of a free society. That is not in question. In fact, its a nonnegotiable. Free speech, however, is not the exclusive prerogative of the press. The First Amendment you will remember protects the freespeech rights of all americans, not just those who so happen to have an in a in journalism. The prez, in other words, is itself subject to free speech just like everyone else is. Journalists do not take well to criticism and i say this as recovering journalist myself. There is a tendency
Free speech is the prerogative of the press. It protects the free speech writes of all american, not just those who so happen to have a name in journalism. The press, in other words, is itself subject to free speech just like everyone else is. Journalist, however, do not take well to criticism and i say this as a recovering journalist myself. There is a tendency in the media to equate criticism of the press, however well founded with an attack on the freedom of the press itself, but i think you can be committed to free speech while attacking those who abuse it. Whats more, the freedom of the press like all freedoms is not without limits. There are no prior restraints on publication. Those days are thankfully, long behind us, but the press is responsible for what it says especially if it defames an individual. Libel laws are also an integral part of a free society. In the 1964 Landmark Supreme Court ruling of New York Times b. Sullivan, the Supreme Court considerably raised the burden o
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation. Freedom of the press is enshrined in the First Amendment. It is a necessary component to republican selfgovernment and a hallmark of a free society. That is not in question. In fact, it is a nonnegotiable. However, is not the exclusive prerogative of the press. The First Amendment protects the freespeech rights of all americans, not just those who happen to have an m. A. In journalism. The press itself is subject to free speech just like everyone else. Journalists do not take well to criticism. I see this as a recovering journalist myself. There is a tendency in the media to equate criticism of the press with an attack on the freedom of the press itself. But i think you can be committed to free speech while attacking those who abuse it. What is more, the freedom of the press, like all freedoms, is not without limits. There are no prior restraints on publications. Those days are thankfully long behind us. But the press is resp
Foundation. Its not like to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation for this Panel Discussion and i will preserve the constitution service. The freedom of the press as all americans know is contrite in the First Amendment. The free press is a necessary component of selfgovernment and hallmark of a free society. That is not in question. In fact, its nonnegotiable. Free speech, however, is not the exclusive prerogative of the press. The First Amendment you will remember protects the free speech rights of all americans, not just those who so happen to have an ma in journalism. The press, in other words, is itself subject to free speech just like everyone else is. Journalists do not take well to criticism, and to say this as a recovering journalist myself. There is a tendency in the media to equate criticism of the press, however wellfounded, with an attack on freedom of the press itself. But i think you can be committed to free speech while attacking those who abuse it. Whats more, the fre
Decision, how it came about. But it just never happens. Think that it probably was either a justice or injustice is relative because nobodys going to discipline them for talking to the press, but it law clerk it could really be a career ending move for a law clerk to talk to the press and give that kind of information. Why did it happen this time . I think the emotions were so , there was so much there were a lot of conspiracy theories especially when the decision did come out and it seemed so anomalous for the court to declare the affordable on onet constitutional part of the constitution and constitutional under another part, i think people were looking for the explanation behind these behind this particular decision. My suspicion is that it was a justice or injustice is a close relative. I will ask pete to jump in. Why arent you getting stories like this on a regular basis . Lets keep our eye on the ball here. The sort of scoops that one values from the Justice Department is what th