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- Title
DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT'S SECRETS? RETROACTIVELY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND THE POWER TO MAKE SECRETS OUT OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
- Authors
ABEL, JONATHAN
- Abstract
The article offers information on the history, purpose and significance of the practice of retroactive classification of government documents under the Espionage Act. It discusses the significant power of the government to make secrets out of the public information under the First Amendment and national security laws.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RETROACTIVE laws; RETROACTIVE judicial decisions; UNITED States. Espionage Act of 1917; GOVERNMENT publications; UNITED States. Constitution. 1st Amendment; NATIONAL security laws; LAW
- Publication
University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2015, Vol 163, Issue 4, p1037
- ISSN
0041-9907
- Publication type
Article