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ORIGIN

Tyrant before democracy resitreiced freedom of pressPresent in virginia’s decleration of rights"The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic Governments."Not changed in the last 200 yearsLeast opposed ammednement

CONFLICT

ssedition act of 1798 unable to speak against president or congressSLavory abolished abolition pamphlets

The Fourteenth Amendment defined citizenship and made constitutional adjustments to post-Civil War conditions. Most significantly, the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed due process of law and equal protection of the laws against infringement by the states. Therefore, the states could no longer impose their own censorship and hindrance of speech standards on the protections guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Sedition act of 1918Espionage acts of 1917Everson vs Board of EducationNew York Times Co. v. SullivanNew York Times Co. v. United States

Memoris of criminals in prisonsdefamation

CURRENT

1. Freedom from prior restraint.2. Freedom from punitive censorship.3. Right to collect information.4. Right to have access to the media and materials necessary for collecting that information.

5. Right to distribute information and to make it directly available to all members of the public without interference from the government under law or from private groups acting outside the law

Obcene items are not protected