Clay Count Courthouse

In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy… Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

– Justice Hugo Black
US Supreme Court, 1971

Clay Count Courthouse

Under our constitutional system, courts stand against any winds that blow as havens of refuge for those who might otherwise suffer because they are helpless, weak, outnumbered…

– Justice Hugo Black
US Supreme Court, 1940

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