I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the last thirty or forty years that my book deals with, I think we are in better shape now than we would have been if all of those cases had not come down.

Floyd Abrams is an American lawyer who is considered one of the preeminent First Amendment attorneys in the United States. He is known for representing major media organizations in cases involving freedom of the press, including The New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case, as well as representing individuals in cases involving freedom of speech and expression. Throughout his career, Abrams has argued numerous cases before the United States Supreme Court and has been involved in some of the most prominent First Amendment cases of the last several decades. He is currently a senior counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York.