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“Every legislative limitation upon utterance, however valid, may in a particular case serve as an inroad upon the freedom of speech which the Constitution protects.”

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Stanley Forman Reed
Stanley Forman Reed

Stanley Forman Reed was a prominent legal scholar and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born on December 31, 1884, in Tennessee, he passed away on April 2, 1980. Reed is renowned for his dedication to upholding the original intent of the Constitution and judicial independence in his decisions while serving on the Supreme Court. more

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