United States v. O'Brien

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1968-05-27

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Mr. Justice Harlan, concurring. The crux of the Court’s opinion, which I join, is of course its general statement, ante, at 377, that: “a government regulation is sufficiently justified if it is within the constitutional power of the Government ; if it furthers an important or substantial governmental interest; if the governmental interest is unrelated to the suppression…

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