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Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.

Francis Bacon, David Mallet (1740). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author”, p.377

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know.

"First Amendment Attorney Floyd Abrams Talks with CFIF’s Corporate Counsel About Three Decades of Free Speech". "Your Turn - Meeting Nonsense with Common Sense" with Renee Giachino, www.cfif.org. June 15, 2005.