Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Amicus Curiae
Robert M. O’Neil, Counsel of RecordFounded in 1990, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of free speech and press. Robert M. O’Neil is director of the Thomas Jefferson Center, which he helped found in 1990. From 1985 to 1990, he was president of the University of Virginia. He received his law degree from Harvard in 1962. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 9, 2002.This case presents a stark contrast between two values of…
