United States v. The Progressive was a 1979 lawsuit against The Progressive magazine by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). A temporary injunction was granted against The Progressive to prevent the publication of an article by activist Howard Morland that purported to reveal the "secret" of the hydrogen bomb. The case was brought before Judge Robert W. Warren in the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Federal courthouse pictured). Though the information had been compiled from publicly available sources, the DOE claimed that it fell under the "born secret" clause of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Because of the sensitive nature of the information, two separate hearings were conducted, one in public, and the other in camera. The defendants would not accept security clearances, and so were not present at the in camera hearings. The article was eventually published after the government lawyers dropped their case during the appeals process, calling it moot after other information was independently published. Despite its indecisive conclusion, law students still study the case, which tested the limits of the presumption of unconstitutionality attached to prior restraints.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._The_Progressive
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1611:
Robert Barker, the King's Printer, made the first printing of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version
1863:
American Civil War: Confederate general Stonewall Jackson was wounded by friendly fire during the Battle of Chancellorsville, leading to his death by pneumonia eight days later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville
1969:
The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departed on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_2
1999:
Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireya_Moscoso
2003:
Spurred on by the Indian Union Muslim League, a mob of Indian Muslims killed eight Hindu Arayan fishermen in Kerala. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marad_massacre
2008:
The current ongoing Chaitén volcano eruption in Chile, the first in 9,500 years, began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chait%C3%A9n_(volcano)
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
Penrose stairs: An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to depict such a loop. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Penrose_stairs
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Moral Action is that great and only Experiment, in which all riddles of the most manifold appearances explain themselves. Whoso understands it, and in rigid sequence of Thought can lay it open, is forever master of Nature. --Novalis https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Novalis