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Supreme Court — Part 19

107 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Supreme Court · 107 pages OCR'd
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iT QO . Fourteenth ‘us free a |set tne nitertsr hich the due “Important as free speech and a [elves the * ¥ e due free press are to a free govern-(|Drocess clause guarantees. That ment,” Justice Murphy continued-|"er Protects only their prop “There is a right even mote dear wor . man ala— > By a §-to3 decision the court up onthe thelr Motes he Fight ba Ino the dae ‘of evidence obtained their needs and the dictates of by means of a detectaphorie in a their souls and to carry their mes- gece or their gospel to every living When placed against a partition creature .., petitioners were itin-| Wall, picks up sound -waves origi- erant ministers going through the Dating in a room beyond the wall sirzets and from house to house/and amplifies them s6 that they tin different communities, preach-|may be heard and transcribed by Ipooklets end “pamphlets. setting upon. by the Supreme Court, ln i e an mphle Be - | forth their Mews of the Bible and | Volved conversations between iaw- the tents of their faith... , |years and clients in a lawyer's ° office, ... ; Cites Colonia] Situation | . . Inyaslon of Privacy “For this the petitioners were os xed. The mind rebels at the! Justice Murphy, in a lone dis- ought that « minister of any of/senting opinion, maintained that ite old-established churches could |this was an unconstitutional inva. (be made to pay fees to the com-jsion of privacy. ‘The Fourth munity before entering the pulpit.|/Amendment, he sald, “puts a re- | “An arresting parallel exists be-|straint on the arm of the Govern- :tween the troubles of Jehova’s'ment ttself and prevents it from , Witnesses and the struggles of v&-|invading the sanetity of s man's rious dissentient groups in the|home or his private quarters in a American Colonies for religious /cliase for a suspect except under freedom .. . in most of the col-jsafeguards calculated to prevent ponies there. was sn established/oppression and abuse of authority fehurch and the way of the dis... Whether the search of private jsenter was hard. All sects inciud-'quarters is accomplished by plac- ‘ing Quaker, Methodist, Baptist,/ing on the outer walls of the sanc [Episcopalian, Separatist, Rogerine,'tum a detectaphone that transmits and Catholic, suffered.” to the outside Listener -the intl- The Los Angeles Times was ad-|mate details of private converse- judged guilty and fined for con-|tion, or by new methods of pho tempt by a State court for pub-/tography that penetrate ‘walle or lishing editorials concerning labor)overcome distances, the privacy ‘of vanbatanvimew ancen wr the avltinn— fa erimina] case. This instrument, alan been finally determined in all re-jagents of the Govesament and inti- spects. In this case the Supreme¢;Mate personal matters are laid Court, by another 5 to 4 decision,/bare to view .. . It is strange doo ‘Tepudiated the ear that Judges ;trine thet Keeps inviolate tne t most ‘have the Common w power orjrnundane o vations entrus could be authorized by statute tolto the permanence of paper but ‘punish publications as contempts /gllows the revelation of thoughts on a finding of a mere tendency)uttered within the sanctity of pri- to interfere with the orderly ad-ivate quarters, thoughts perhaps too ministration of fustice in a pend-!intimate to be set down even in ing case. Justices Murphy, Doug-|® secret diary, or, indeed, utter. las, Reed and Jackson concurred/ances about which the Common in the majority opinion, delivered Haw oer tne ee a Pelee — by Justice Black. é@ most confidential revelations be minority opinion, delivered |between husband and wife, cHent ib y Justice Frankfurter, advanced and lawyer, patient and physician, é revolutionary theory that free-jand penitent: and spiritual ad. dom of the press; which ls secured | viser. + ic en ee ee Le ETM eta Sain ar eS | - i t 1 ! 7 hink Pat ee . Sos ft T@CACUCCIINg Cases Wits NEG DOU Wit GUZEN is SURLY invaded :
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