Liberty is an ideal that transcends our “here and now” existence while enriching us here and now. Freedom of the press along with freedom of speech are protected in the FIRST Amendment of our Constitution, and are cornerstones of our liberty.
Quoting wikipedia.org: “The First Amendment only explicitly disallows any of the rights from being abridged by laws made by Congress, but as the first sentence in the body of the Constitition reserves all law-making ("legislative") authority to Congress, the courts have held that this extends to the executive and judicial branches.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_amendment
In other words, the executive branch of government SHALL not (is FORBIDDEN to) infringe upon freedom of the press.
Have we the people become such wimps that we let these clowns “rule” us?
And conservatives put up with the likes of these Neocons?
Note: Written as a comment in repsonse to the report, "Robert Scheer: A Disgraceful Attack on the New York Times" on truthdig.com.
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