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Pentagon Papers Dissent

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1971Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1971

Harry Andrew Blackmun30 June 1971

Washington · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Blackmun dissents from the Supreme Court judgment that rejects the government's request for prior restraint.

Warren Burger30 June 1971

Washington · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Burger dissents from the Supreme Court judgment allowing immediate continued publication of the Pentagon Papers.

John Marshall Harlan30 June 1971

Washington · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Harlan dissents from the Supreme Court judgment in the Pentagon Papers prior-restraint case.

Names involved

Harry Andrew BlackmunJohn Marshall HarlanWarren Burger

Provenance

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