Areopagitica / John Milton
An apology for printers / Benjamin Franklin
An American 'Cato' defends criticism of the government / "Cato"
Sentiments on the liberty of the press / Andrew Bradford
Andrew Hamilton defends John Peter Zenger / Andrew Hamilton
Libels; liberty of the press / William Blackstone
The federalist no. 84 / Alexander Hamilton
Reply to the Pennsylvania minority / Noah Webster
Letter to Edward Carrington / Thomas Jefferson
The Virginia report of 1799 / James Madison
From Democracy in America / Alexis de Tocqueville
Contempt of court : Patterson v. Colorado
Publishing dissenting views in wartime : Frohwerk v. United States
Prior restraint : Near v. Minnesota
The press and the taxes on knowledge : Grosjean v. American Press Company
The end of seditious libel : New York Times v. Sullivan
Broadcast licensees and "fairness": Red Lion Broadcasting Company v. FCC
Censorship and national security : New York Times v. United States
Is there a journalist's privilege? : Branzburg v. Hayes
Narrowing obscenity : Miller v. California
Newspapers and the right of reply : Miami Herald v. Tornillo
Free press and fair trial : Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart
Reporting on judicial discipline : Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia
Prior restraint and the end of the world : United States v. Progressive, Inc.
Pornography and women's rights : American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. Hudnut
Offensive parody : Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
Access to criminal trials : Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
Promises of confidentiality as contracts : Cohen v. Cowles Media
Free speech on the Internet : Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
The Bill of Rights / Hugo L. Black
From Toward a general theory of the First Amendment / Thomas Emerson
Neutral principles and some First Amendment problems / Robert H. Bork
Or of the press / Potter Stewart
The media that citizens need / C. Edwin Baker
From the preface to The emergence of a free press / Leonard W. Levy
Rethinking prior restraint / John Calvin Jefferies, Jr.
Or of the (Blog) / Paul Horwitz.