New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) [The Pentagon Papers Case]

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An educated opinion from the members of the group: How many agree with the final decision and how many disagree—and why? What are the implications of this decision?

our group opinion is:

  • Group Opinion
    • Agree with the courts
      • It would be an abuse of power
      • There is no reason this information should not be released to the public — the government was drafting people into a war they knew they didn’t have a chance of winning
    • Disagree with the courts
      • The records were not gained legally
    • The newspaper did the right thing
      • Even though they did not obtain the information legally, they did not ask anyone to do anything illegal — they were given illegal information, but did not anything illegal to get it
      • They published what the people had a right to know
    • The newspapers did the wrong thing
      • They did publish classified information knowingly
    Just put these together and analyze the implications of the decision of this case. Write a presentation draft.

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The government abused its power by restraining
the New York Times Co. from publishing the
papers.
The First Amendment was allowed by law to
freely publish information to the public.
Members of the general public had the right to
information.
The New York Times were acting within their
capacity to deliver the information.







The court’s final decision citing that the media
house unlawfully obtained the papers they
published.
Publish or release any u...


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