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The Court explained:

The Court explained:

:there has always been a judicial consensus, from the time of the decision in the case of Wheaton v. Peters, 8 Pet. 591, that no copyright could, under the statutes passed by Congress, be secured in the products of the labor done by judicial officers in the discharge of their judicial duties. The whole work done by the judges constitutes the authentic exposition and interpretation of the law, which, binding every citizen, is free for publication to all, whether it is a declaration of unwritten law, or an interpretation of a constitution or statute.

:there has always been a judicial consensus, from the time of the decision in the case of [[Wheaton v. Peters]], 8 Pet. 591, that no copyright could, under the statutes passed by Congress, be secured in the products of the labor done by judicial officers in the discharge of their judicial duties. The whole work done by the judges constitutes the authentic exposition and interpretation of the law, which, binding every citizen, is free for publication to all, whether it is a declaration of unwritten law, or an interpretation of a constitution or statute.

This precedent has been widely followed.

This precedent has been widely followed.

[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]

[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]

[[category:Copyright Clause]]

[[category:Copyright Clause]]