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Floyd Abrams is a famous First Amendment lawyer. He argued the Pentagon Papers case before the Supreme Court and went on to defend numerous other clients, including defending the Brooklyn Museum of Art from Rudolph Giuliani, NBC from Wayne Newton, and Al Franken from a trademark lawsuit from FOX News Channel. His memoir is Speaking Freely (2005). Abrams is a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, a law firm in Lower Manhattan. The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ... New York Times Co. ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be challenged. ... The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, New York City, is the second largest art museum in the City and one of the largest in the United States. ... Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III, KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Wayne Newton Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and entertainer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Al Franken entertaining at Ramstein Air Base, December 2000. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Abrams argued for The New York Times and Judith Miller in the CIA leak grand jury investigation. The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ... Judith Miller Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist. ... Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois CIA leak grand jury investigation (rel. ...


He appeared on ABC News' Nightline on Tuesday, May 3, 2005. This article is about the American news organization. ... Nightline is a late-night hard news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Floyd Abrams is the father of MSNBC's Dan Abrams. MSNBC (a portmanteau of MSN and NBC) is a 24-hour cable news channel in the United States. ... Dan Abrams (born May 20, 1966) is the chief legal correspondent for NBC News, former host of The Abrams Report, and the current General Manager of MSNBC. Prior to joining MSNBC, Abrams was a reporter for Court TV, and he has continued his legal reporting on his current network. ...


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Floyd Abrams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (138 words)
Floyd Abrams is a famous First Amendment lawyer.
Abrams is a partner at Cahill Gordon and Reindel LLP, a law firm in lower Manhattan.
Abrams argued for The New York Times and Judith Miller in the CIA leak grand jury investigation.
Talk of the Nation (848 words)
This new memoir by legendary First Amendment advocate Floyd Abrams is in part a history of a famous career in law, in part a collection of lawyer war stories and courtroom dramas, and in part an argument for an expansive vision of free-speech protections.
Next, Abrams recounts a series of libel suits in which he successfully defended press organizations against such plaintiffs as a Turkish businessman whom a newspaper had fingered as a drug dealer and Las Vegas showman Wayne Newton, on whose connections to organized crime NBC News had reported.
Abrams goes on to describe his fight on behalf of the Brooklyn Museum against Rudolph Giuliani over the New York City mayor's abusive effort to evict the museum from its building for displaying controversial art that Giuliani considered sacrilegious.
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