02665oam 2200505zu 450 991015465380332120210731015449.00-19-046164-00-19-046198-5(CKB)4330000000005672(SSID)ssj0001646404(PQKBManifestationID)16418586(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001646404(PQKBWorkID)12674770(PQKB)11733339(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323351(MiAaPQ)EBC4706821(EXLCZ)99433000000000567220160829d2016 uy engur|||||||||||txtccrPress and speech under assault : the early Supreme Court justices and the Sedition Act of 1798, and the campaign against dissentNew York, NY :Oxford University Press,2016.1 online resource illustrations (black and white)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-046162-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The early Supreme Court justices wrestled with how much press and speech is protected by freedoms of press and speech, before and under the First Amendment, and with whether the Sedition Act of 1798 violated those freedoms. This book discusses the 12 Supreme Court justices before John Marshall, their views of liberties of press and speech, and the Sedition Act prosecutions over which some of them presided. The book begins with the views of the pre-Marshall justices about freedoms of press and speech, before the struggle over the Sedition Act. It finds that their understanding was strikingly more expansive than the narrow definition of Sir William Blackstone, which is usually assumed to have dominated the period. Not one justice of the Supreme Court adopted that narrow definition before 1798, and all expressed strong commitments to those freedoms.Seditious libelHistoryLaw and legislation18th centuryUnited StatesFreedom of expressionHistory18th centuryUnited StatesAlien and Sedition laws, 1798Seditious libelHistoryLaw and legislationFreedom of expressionHistoryAlien and Sedition laws, 1798.345.73/0231345.730231Bird Wendell R1185060PQKBBOOK9910154653803321Press and speech under assault : the early Supreme Court justices and the Sedition Act of 1798, and the campaign against dissent2747620UNINA