“It is the very purpose of the First Amendment to foreclose public authority from assuming a guardianship of the public mind.”

William J. Brennan Jr.

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About William J. Brennan Jr.

Jurist American

William J. Brennan Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Brennan became a leading and...

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