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  "value": "Ordinance struck at the foundation of press freedom",
  "statement": "Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes wrote that \"its character is such that it strikes at the very foundation of the freedom of the press by subjecting it to license and censorship.\"",
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  "evidence_quote": "its character is such that it strikes at the very foundation of the freedom of the press by subjecting it to license and censorship.",
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  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1938-us-lovell-v-griffin-permit-requirement",
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    "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/303/444",
    "final_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/303/444",
    "title": "Lovell v. City of Griffin, 303 U.S. 444 (1938)",
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