CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings April 18, 2014
Yes, on speech and on oral speech and written speech come both. I told you, libel laws were one thing. What about the press at the time . What were they thinking about at that time . I do not know that there were any special rules applicable to the press. The press did not have to get permission of a censor to do publish, but neither did anybody else. And the press inordinate and the press anointed some very important figures, like thomas jefferson. Yes, indeed, and it was interesting that jefferson spoke very highly of the press before he became president. But while he was president he spoke ...