Floyd Abrahams On The 1st Amendment And Pornography

The Hudson Union is where everyone comes to be inspired, to change our world. Check us out on Twitter @ActualJoePascal Floyd Abrams is America’s leading First Amendment lawyer, he has represented such high-profile clients as the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case; the Brooklyn Museum of Art in its battle with Rudolph Giuliani; journalists Nina Totenberg, Judith Miller, and Matthew Cooper in their efforts to avoid revealing confidential sources; and Citizens United in its suit against the Federal Election 1971, when the Pentagon Papers were leaked to the New York Times and furious debate over First Amendment rights ensued, free-speech cases have emerged in rapid succession. Floyd Abrams has been at the forefront of nearly every one of these major cases, which is also to say that, more than any other person, he has forged this country’s legal understanding of free speech. Litigating everything from national-security and prior-restraint issues to controversies concerning the law of libel and attempts by local officials to censor art, Abrams has worked devotedly to protect the First Amendment, the “crown jewel“ of America’s Constitution.