Hugo Black,
Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas…
“ Relying on these findings and this Court's holding in Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476, the trial court held that the books "are not entitled to the . . . protection" of the First Amendment to the Constitution. The State Supreme Court affirmed on the same grounds. ”
Hugo Black,
Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas…
“ Illinois, 343 U.S. 250, 343 U.S. 267, which MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS joined, that the Kansas statute ordering the burning of these books is in plain violation of the unequivocal prohibition of the First Amendment, made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth, against "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." ”
