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LAIRD v. TATUM 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
Protesters against American involvement in the VIETNAM WAR sued to stop Army intelligence surveillance which they claimed had a CHILLING EFFECT on the exercise of their FIRST AMENDMENT rights. Chief Justice WARREN E. BURGER'S opinion for the Court, in a 5–4 decision, held that the case lacked RIPENESS because the protesters had presented no "claim of specific present objective … or … future harm" but only the fear that "the army may at some future date misuse the information in some way" that would harm them.
Laird v. Tatum 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
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