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The Press Was Protected So That It Could Bare The Secrets Of The Government And Inform The People. Only A Free And Unrestrained Press Can Effectively Expose Deception In Government. And Paramount Among The Responsibilities Of A Free Press Is The Duty To Prevent Any Part Of The Government From Deceiving The People.

There Can Be No Equal Justice Where The Kind Of Trial A Man Gets Depends On The Amount Of Money He Has.

The "establishment Of Religion" Clause Of The First Amendment Means At Least This: Neither A State Nor The Federal Government Can Set Up A Church. Neither Can Pass Laws Which Aid One Religion, Aid All Religions, Or Prefer One Religion Over Another. Neither Can Force Nor Influence A Person To Go To Or To Remain Away From Church Against His Will Or Force Him To Profess A Belief Or Disbelief In Any Religion.

From The Very Beginning, Our State And National Constitutions And Laws Have Laid Great Emphasis On Procedural And Substantive Safeguards Designed To Assure Fair Trials Before Impartial Tribunals In Which Every Defendant Stands Equal Before The Law. This Noble Ideal Cannot Be Realized If The Poor Man Charged With Crime Has To Face His Accusers Without A Lawyer To Assist Him.

The History Of Governmentally Established Religion, Both In England And In This Country, Showed That Whenever Government Had Allied Itself With One Particular Form Of Religion, The Inevitable Result Had Been That It Had Incurred The Hatred, Disrespect And Even Contempt Of Those Who Held Contrary Beliefs.