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Pope Leo XIV holds first press conference, affirms 'gift of free speech' • May 12, 2025, 9:21 AM ET (USA Today)

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
United States jurist
Louis Brandeis
Louis Brandeis
United States jurist
Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter
United States jurist
Robert H. Jackson
Robert H. Jackson
United States jurist
Phan Khoi
Vietnamese intellectual