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Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that, I think CBS and Mary Mapes and Dan Rather and all of us had a very good chance of winning. So this is an ongoing battle about an issue of principle.
— Floyd Abrams
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It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: last, right, know, law
It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: facts, think, winning, game
No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: think, win, world, people
CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: courts, court, exhausted, texas
I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody.
— Floyd Abrams
Tags: said, try, book, you
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