The Saturday Press (Minneapolis)
| Founded | 1927 |
|---|---|
| Ceased publication | 1936 |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis |
| City | Minneapolis |
| Country | United States |
Media of the United States |
The Saturday Press was the name of a newspaper, established in 1927 by Jay M. Near and Howard A. Guilford, and published in
Floyd B. Olson, the future governor of Minnesota, brought a suit against Near and Guilford because their newspaper had an overly anti-Semitic tone, which Olsen claimed was a violation of the Public Nuisance Law, also known as the Minnesota Gag Law, of 1925. The scandal sheet published countless exposes until it was shut down in 1927 by the Gag Law. In 1931, the historic U.S. Supreme Court case Near v. Minnesota struck the statute as unconstitutional. Prior restraint laws have never fared well in courts since, including the case of the Pentagon Papers. The paper re-appeared from 1932 to 1936, when Jay Near died in relative obscurity.
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-514273-0.
- ^ "About The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936". Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Moskowitz, Daniel B. (April 2020). "Winning Ugly... But Winning". American History. 55 (1): 22.
External links
- Text of Near v. Minnesota at Findlaw.
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