Floyd Abrams Marks Nine Decades at the Center of First Amendment Law

By Ronald Collins · SCOTUSblog · 2026-08-17

Floyd Abrams Marks Nine Decades at the Center of First Amendment Law

SCOTUSblog profiles the ninety-year career of Floyd Abrams, the litigator who defined modern press freedom through landmark Supreme Court victories. From the Pentagon Papers to the controversial Citizens United ruling, Abrams has maintained a 77% win rate in free speech cases arg

SCOTUSblog profiles the ninety-year career of Floyd Abrams, the litigator who defined modern press freedom through landmark Supreme Court victories. From the Pentagon Papers to the controversial Citizens United ruling, Abrams has maintained a 77% win rate in free speech cases arg