COMM 454 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Version Control, Common Law Offence, Prior Restraint
16 Dec 2016
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Freedom of speech in america to world war i. Freedom of speech in colonia america: leonard levy begins his study of freedom of spee(cid:272)h i(cid:374) prere(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)ary a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a (cid:271)y stati(cid:374)g that the (cid:862)persiste(cid:374)t i(cid:373)age of (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ial. To begin, only clergymen and royal governors could speak without fear of punishment. The war of independence was won and the constitution and the bill of. Rights ratified, granting freedom of speech to everyone: control of content in the colonies: neither private libel nor obscenity was a significant free-speech concern in colonial america. Prior restraint on printing is recorded in massachusetts, new york, and. Adoption of the constitution and the bill of rights: on monday, september 17, 1787, following an intense and sometimes bitter debate, the delegates to the constitutional. Convention unanimously resolved that the result of their work should be submitted to (cid:862)the u. i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)gress asse(cid:373)(cid:271)led, a(cid:374)d that it is the opi(cid:374)io(cid:374) of this (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374) (cid:863)
