“If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.”

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...