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Nixon and the Imperial Presidency - Quiz 2

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The decision of the Supreme Court in the New York Times Company v. United States (1971), the Pentagon Papers case, is important because

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it involved important officials in the U. S. government.

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the Court ruled that the First Amendment prevented prior restraint of publication, even against a charge that such publication would jeopardize national security.

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it was widely reported in newspapers throughout the country

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the government's attorneys lost the case in a 6 to 3 decision

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