Editing Prior restraint (section)

===Pentagon Papers case===
{{Main|New York Times Co. v. United States}}
In the [[Pentagon Papers]] case (''[[New York Times Co. v. United States]]'', {{ussc|403|713|1971}}), the [[Presidency of Richard Nixon|Nixon administration]] sought to enjoin ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' newspapers from publishing excerpts from a top-secret [[United States Department of Defense]] history of the [[United States]] involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] from 1945 to 1971. The government tried to use the "national security" exception that had been suggested in the ''Near'' decision. The Supreme Court struck down the injunctions. However, the decision was fragmented, with nine separate opinions being filed in the case.  It was not clear at the time what the effect would be on future prior restraint cases.