Civil-liberties comparison
Censorship Timeline Comparator
Compare legal mechanisms without flattening the cases into the same story. The comparator highlights subject matter, government authority, publication control, outcome, and the limits of analogy.
| Episode | Mechanism | Outcome | Analogy boundary |
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FAQ
Does this say Reich was censored the same way as nuclear or cryptography cases?
No. The point is to compare mechanisms and differences, not to collapse unrelated legal histories into one claim.
Why only a few episodes?
The tool starts with cases that have accessible legal records and clear science or technical-publication dimensions.
Does the comparator make medical or scientific claims?
No. It stays on civil-liberties, legal-record, and publication-control history.
Primary Sources Used
Court opinion
Reich v. United States, 239 F.2d 134
First Circuit contempt appeal describing the 1954 complaint, injunction, recall order, and later contempt proceeding.
Court opinion
United States v. Progressive, Inc., 467 F. Supp. 990
District court opinion on prior restraint and nuclear-weapons publication under the Atomic Energy Act; direct local capture was blocked in the phase-2 pass.
Court opinion
Bernstein v. U.S. Department of State, 945 F. Supp. 1279
District court opinion on ITAR export controls over cryptographic software and related technical data; direct local capture was blocked in the phase-2 pass.
Sibling project
The Orgone
Sibling site for orgone-science tools and experiments; Reich Files stays on documents, legal history, and archive navigation.