Attorneys for The New York Times leave the Supreme Court in Washington on June 26, 1971 after presenting arguments against the government’ suit to prevent The New York Times and The Washington Post from publishing articles on the secret history of the Vietnam War. They are, from left: Lawrence McKay; Floyd Abrams; Alexander Bickel, who presented the Times’ case before the court; James Goodale, Times’ Vice President and William Heggerty. (AP Photo/Charles Harrity)