CRS 446 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: William Rehnquist, Warren E. Burger, Caucasian Race

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Case memorization part one: near vs. minnesota. Mcreynolds, and george sutherland, claimed that the decision took power away from the state and that the concept of prior restraint did not even apply to this case. In this case, the exceptional circumstances the united. Papers would cause a threat to national security. Reasoning that without adequate proof of such extenuating circumstances, the court found that prior restraint was not justified in this case: concurring opinions, justice douglas concurred, and his opinion reads more enthusiastically in support of the court"s decision. Cannot subscribe to a doctrine of unlimited absolutism for the first. Amendment at the cost of downgrading other provisions, such as article. Ii of the constitution, which vests in the executive branch primary power over the conduct of foreign affairs and responsibility for the. Nation"s safety, (new york times co. v. united states): justice burger wrote a dissenting opinion in which he agreed generally with justice harlan and justice blackman.