First amendment

"It is now well established that the Constitution protects the right to receive information and ideas. 'This freedom (of speech and press) ... necessarily protects the right to receive ....' Martin v. City of Struthers, 319 U.S. 141, 143 (1943); see Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 482 (1965); Lamont v. Postmaster General, 381 U.S. 301, 307 -308 (1965) (BRENNAN, J., concurring); cf. Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925). This right to receive information and ideas, regardless of their social worth, see Winters v. New York, 333 U.S. 507, 510 (1948), is fundamental to our free society. "--Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969)

Editorial on 04/22/2015