I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources. Some have even gone to jail for an issue like this. But I can't say that's the norm. Floyd Abrams confidentialdefendissue Change image and share on social
It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball. Floyd Abrams ballbaseballcurve Change image and share on social
I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that. Floyd Abrams booklawread Change image and share on social
So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as freedom of speech is that the courts articulate and set forth in a very protective way what those principles are. Floyd Abrams articulatebadbroad share on social
I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed. Floyd Abrams answerbackbehave share on social
I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody. Floyd Abrams amendmentbookdefend Change image and share on social
I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in. Floyd Abrams badcasegood Change image and share on social
My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the later cases considering I was younger then and I was playing a role of co-counsel on the case. Floyd Abrams casecentralcounsel Change image and share on social
I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas, in New York. Floyd Abrams cbsfactfight Change image and share on social
No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win. Floyd Abrams absoluteburdencase Change image and share on social
