What did the Supreme Court say government should be "extremely reticent to tread" on?

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In Sweezy v. New Hampshire (1957), the Supreme Court ruled that jailing Paul Sweezy, a Marxist economist, for refusing to answer questions about his university lectures violated due process. The Court declared: "We believe that there unquestionably was an invasion of petitioner's liberties in the areas of academic freedom and political expression—areas in which government should be extremely reticent to tread." Sweezy had been subpoenaed by New Hampshire's Attorney General to discuss a March 22, 1954 lecture on Marxism he delivered at the University of New Hampshire. This case, along with Keyishian v. Board of Regents (1967), established constitutional protections for academic freedom and became foundational precedents that Judge Young cited in the AAUP v. Rubio case.

What did the Supreme Court say government should be "extremely reticent to tread" on?

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