Soon to Be a Major New York Times Correction

ON MONDAY the Supreme Court released its ruling in Virginia v. Black, et al., a constitutional free-speech challenge to a 50-year-old Richmond legislative enactment that bans Klan-style cross burnings specifically designed to “intimidate” their victims. And here’s the lead sentence of Tuesday’s New York Times editorial, “A Decision on Cross Burning,” which goes on to herald the court’s decision: “The Supreme Court upheld a Virginia statute yesterday that makes it illegal for Ku Klux Klansmen and others to burn crosses.”