In the Pentagon Papers case, the Supreme Court ruled that the government could block publication of secret Department of Defense documents.

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In the Pentagon Papers case (New York Times Co. v. United States, 1971), the Supreme Court ruled that the government could not block publication of the secret documents. The Court stated that prior restraint (governmental censorship) was permissible only under very limited circumstances, such as to prevent publication that would clearly endanger national security. In this case, the Court found that the government had not met the high burden of proof required to justify prior restraint.

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