Wed 27 Jun 2007
Well Said, Justice Harlan
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To many, the immediate consequence of this freedom [of speech] may often appear to be only verbal tumult, discord and even offensive utterance. These are, however, within established limits, in truth necessary side effects of the broader enduring values which the proccess of open debate permits us to achieve. That the air may at time seem filled with verbal cacophany is, in this sense, not a sign of weakness but of strength. - Justice John M. Harlan, Cohen v. California (1971)
p.s. Justice Kennedy, I’m very disappointed in you.
