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References
- ↑ Floyd Abrams, Speaking Freely , published by Viking Press (2005), Pages 124-152.
- ↑ First Amendment Library book review Archived 2008-07-25 at the Stanford Web Archive
- ↑ Floyd Abrams, Speaking Freely , published by Viking Press (2005), Page 150-151.
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