Mr. Justice Stewart, concurring. The Constitution does not tolerate actions for libel on government. State defamation laws, therefore, whether *92 civil or criminal, cannot constitutionally be converted into laws against seditious libel. Our decisions in the New York Times and Garrison cases turned upon that fundamental proposition.<fo…
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