Free Speech

Case - 548 U.S. 521

Parties: JEFFREY A. BEARD, SECRETARY, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner v. RONALD BANKS, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated

Date: 2006-06-28

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Paragraph: 70 - It is indisputable that this prohibition on the possession of newspapers and photographs infringes upon respondent's First Amendment rights. "[T]he State may not, consistently with the spirit of the First Amendment, contract the spectrum of available knowledge. The right of freedom of speech and press includes not only  [***714] the right to utter or to print, but the right to distribute, the right to receive, the right to read and freedom of inquiry, freedom of thought . . . ."  Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 482, 85 S. Ct. 1678, 14 L. Ed. 2d 510 (1965) (citation omitted). See also Kaplan v. California, 413 U.S. 115, 119-120, 93 S. Ct. 2680, 37 L. Ed. 2d 492 (1973) (explaining that photographs, like printed materials, are protected by the First Amendment).

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Preferred Terms:

  • (is) distributing media
  • (is) possessing newspapers
  • (is) possessing photographs

Phrase match: of freedom of speech and press

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Paragraph: 70 - It is indisputable that this prohibition on the possession of newspapers and photographs infringes upon respondent's First Amendment rights. N217* [T]he State may not, consistently with the spirit of the First Amendment, contract the spectrum of available knowledge. The right of freedom of speech and press includes not only  [***714] the right to utter or to print, but the right to distribute, the right to receive, the right to read and freedom of inquiry, freedom of thought . . . ."

Notes:

  • N217* / quote / endorsement / Q0107 /

Preferred Terms:

  • (is) distribution
  • (is) inquiring
  • (is) possessing newspapers and photographs
  • (is) printing
  • (is) reading
  • (is) receiving information
  • (is) thought
  • (is) utterances

Phrase match: The right of freedom of speech

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Paragraph: 56 - Even as the advent of   prison libraries increased prisoners' access to reading materials, that access was universally N121* "subject to some form of censorship," such that "inmates of correctional institutions are denied access to books which are freely available to the rest of the community."

Notes:

  • N121* / quote / endorsement / Q0417 /

Preferred Terms:

  • (reg) History of Prison Censorship
  • (is not) Unfettered Access to Information in Prison

Phrase match: some form of censorship," such that "inmates

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