Antonin Scalia

“ It helps to assure, for one thing, that grand jurors will not be intimidated in the execution of their duties by the fear of unjustified public criticism to which they cannot respond. To allow them to respond, on the other hand-by denying that the witness in fact said what he claims to have said, or by pointing out the contradictory testimony of other witnesses-would have its own adverse effects, including the subjection of grand jurors to a degree of press attention and public prominence that might in the long run deter citizens from fearless performance of their grand jury service. ”

“ I do not say that these state interests are necessarily sufficient, but only that they are not presented by the narrow question we decide today.
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