During the Nixon administration, when two newspapers began to publish a classified governmental document about the Vietnam War,

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The Supreme Court upheld the right of the newspapers to print the document in a landmark case known as New York Times Co. v. United States, also referred to as the Pentagon Papers case. The Court ruled that the First Amendment's protection of free speech and press outweighed the government's interest in secrecy, and rejected the Nixon administration's argument for prior restraint on the publication of classified information.

During the Nixon Administration, When Two Newspapers Began to Publish