When I Began We Did Not Really Have A Lot Of First Amendment Law. It Is Really Surprising To Think Of It This Way, But A Lot Of The Law - Most Of The Law That Relates To The First Amendment Freedom Of The Press In America - Is Really Within Living Memory. - SearchQuotes

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When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.

Floyd Abrams

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