New York Times Co. v. United States

The Vietnam War gave rise to a massive amount of public protest. Daniel Ellsberg, who was opposed to the war, worked as a political scientist for the pentagon. in 1971 he stole and copied a classified paper which would later be known as the pentagon papers. He turned these classified documents over to the New York Times, who began publishing them. On june 15, the federal government was granted an order stopping the Times from publishing the papers. The case was appealed to the United States Supreme Court inn a matter of days, raising the question of weather its publication was a matter of national security. The courts 6 to 3 decision was issued per curiam. Justice Black wrote, " the press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the  people". I agree with the courts decsion on this case, although my opinion may change depending on the documents being released. I believe the people should have the right to see these documents, and understand what its government is doing.
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