New York Times Co. v. United States
The constitutional question
First Amendment — prior restraint (Pentagon Papers)
The holding
The government carries a heavy burden to justify prior restraint of the press — and failed to meet it.
Live legislation that raises this case (2)
S. 146 · 119thPublic Law 119-12
TAKE IT DOWN Act
The Pentagon Papers' heavy presumption against prior restraint is the strongest objection to government-mandated 48-hour takedown systems.
H.R. 7184 · 119thCommittee
PRESS Act
The Pentagon Papers case protected publishing secrets after the fact; the PRESS Act protects the step before — the confidential source who makes such reporting exist.