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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

Topics: Amendment Book Defend Everybody First First Amendment Just Preaching Really Rights Said Try Without You

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CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court.

~Floyd Abrams

Topics: Court Courts Exhausted Highest Texas Trial Cbs

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Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview with Dan Rather. It happened to be not confidential. But it was an interview with Dan Rather.

~Floyd Abrams

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I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public to hear interviews like this and that there will be an inevitable amount of fewer interviews if people that the press talks to wind up thinking, well, it's not really a CBS correspondent.

~Floyd Abrams

Topics: Amount Correspondent Fewer Good Good Thing Hear Idea Inevitable Interviews Like Mean People Press Public Really Talks Thing Thinking Up Well Will Wind A Good Thing Cbs

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I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas, in New York.

~Floyd Abrams

Topics: Fact Fought New New York Texas Think Very York I Think Cbs

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If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS journalist you are, therefore, inevitably, immediately speaking to the police, I don't think there's any doubt but that people won't talk. And, therefore, the public won't learn.

~Floyd Abrams

Topics: Any Doubt Exists Gets Immediately Inevitably Journalist Learn Out People Perception Police Public Speaking Talk Therefore Think Word You Cbs

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It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the entire basis of it is this is a way to get more information, more important information to the public. And that's why so many states recognize this.

~Floyd Abrams

Topics: Basis Benefit Entire Get Important Information Many More Public Recognize Reporters States Way Why Cbs

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The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.

~Floyd Abrams

Topics: Again Fight Fought Hard Important Important Thing Principle Protect Remains Same Thing Though Very Will Cbs

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The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was no defense, a producer about to go to jail, should CBS in effect tell the producer go to jail even though there is no law at all that we can use to get you out of jail?

~Floyd Abrams

Topics: About Courts Day Defense Effect End End Of The Day Even Found Get Go Having Jail Law No Law Out Producer Question Should Tell Though Use You Cbs

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This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: Unknown

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