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“The nation relies upon public discussion as one of the indispensable means to attain correct solutions to problems of social welfare. Curtailment of free speech limits this open discussion. Our whole history teaches that adjustment of social relations through reason is possible when free speech is maintained.”

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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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