Professor Vincent Blasi in The Checking Value in First Amendment Theory demonstrated not only his insightful knowledge of the Constitution, history and law, he also revealed his keen understanding of the power of rhetoric: “To become a vital part of the living Constitution, a value must have more than a strong historical and analytical foundation. The value must also succeed at the level of rhetoric; it must have its great quote.” Blasi identified that great quote for the checking value as he concluded the article with the stirring words of Justice Hugo Black’s opinion in New York Times v. United States, more commonly known as the Pentagon Papers case:

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布拉西，文森特。第一修正理论的检验价值。3发现了ABA。Res。J.521（1977）

文森特·布拉西（Vincent Blasi）教授在《第一修正案理论的检验价值》中不仅展示了他对宪法，历史和法律的深刻了解，而且还透露出他对修辞力量的敏锐理解：“成为现行宪法的重要组成部分，一种价值必须具有强大的历史和分析基础。价值还必须在修辞方面达到成功；它必须有很好的报价。” 布拉西（Blasi）在纽约时报诉美国案中，以雨果·布莱克（Hugo Black）法官的激昂言论结束了这篇文章，并确定了该支票的价值。