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...that the Government had failed to show there was a "direct and immediate link" between "the fact of publication" and any "grave event" that endangered the nation. When Griswold contended in his summary that the First Amendment was "not intended to make it impossible for Government to function," Justice Potter Stewart observed that unless there was conclusive proof that publication of documents endangered national security, then "prior restraint is presumptively unconstitutional...
...Clear fingerprints impressed in the clay of ancient pots are rare," he conceded. Ancient potters, like modern, were at pains to smooth away any trace of their own hands. But in concealed places, on the underside of handles or inside spouts, where the potter gave the clay a last shaping touch, telltale prints can sometimes be found...
Cancer Researcher Van Rensselaer Potter of the University of Wisconsin has suggested in a new book, Bioethics, that the U.S. create a fourth branch of Government, a Council for the Future, to consider scientific developments and recommend appropriate legislation...
This year only three students entered the competition for the Susan A. Potter Prize in Comparative Literature which awards $260 as first prize and $130 as second prize...
...enforcement against pornography "would involve costs in money, manpower and invasions of privacy that we as a society are unwilling to pay.". One of the pornography commission's best arguments for repealing many existing laws was that they have not worked. The trouble begins with definitions. Justice Potter Stewart says that he cannot define hard-core pornography, but he knows it when he sees it. This is understandable, but is scarcely a practical basis for criminal indictments...