Floyd Abrams
Floyd Abrams
Floyd Abramsis an American attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. He is an expert on constitutional law, and many arguments in the briefs he has written before the United States Supreme Court have been adopted as United States Constitutional interpretative law as it relates to the First Amendment and free speech. He is the William J. Brennan Jr. Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
CountryUnited States of America
concerned jail reveal sources
She has other sources and was very concerned about the possibility of having to reveal those sources or going back to jail because of them.
choice continue position promise properly reason released unless
She is there (in jail) for a reason. At this time, the reason is still there. She made a promise and, unless properly released from her promise by her source, she has no choice but to continue to take the position that she's taking.
asked miller provide recitation
On more than one occasion, Mr. Tate asked me for a recitation of what Ms. Miller would say. I did not provide one.
amendment issues
First Amendment issues are always unpopular. That's why we need a First Amendment.
defending risen serious solid
We would be defending that. Mr. Risen did a serious and solid job. He has made no apology.
abandon al book case decision efforts sale
Fox's decision to abandon its efforts at interfering with the sale of Al Franken's new book is welcome, if overdue. The case never should have been brought.
delicate difficult great phone pick promises reluctance sort sources time
There is a great reluctance on the part of journalists..to pick up the phone and sort of badger sources into relieving them of the promises they made, especially at the time that the promises are most important, when the source is in trouble. This is a very difficult and very delicate area.
certainly extended jail journalist longest protecting reason served service
I know that the jail stay, which is the longest of any journalist in American history, was certainly not extended for any reason at all, ... and was served in the service of protecting her source.
baseball curves balls
It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.
lying mean views
That doesn't necessarily mean that the story isn't true, ... But what it does mean, then, is that at this moment we simply do not have enough evidence, in my view, for any conclusion to be reached - that the presidents have been lying to us for all these years and that what we've been told was just a pack of lies.
rights people not-good-enough
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
new-york thinking texas
I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas, in New York.
block government trying
The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
book writing had-enough
I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never lost a case. Most lawyers who have never lost a case have not had enough hard cases. But there are very difficult cases out there.