{"text":"Our democracy depends on an informed citizenry to survive, Your Honor. Besides the advancement of truth, science and morality in general, the freedom of the press is a backbone of democracy. It exists to keep the government transparent, and the human instruments of government honest.","author":"Kenneth Eade","tags":["constitutional-rights","democracy","first-amendment","freedom","freedom-of-the-press","liberty"],"id":127161,"author_id":"Kenneth+Eade"}