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" To subject the press to the restrictive power of .a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since, the revolution (a), is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all... "
Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books - Page 113
by William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1867
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 117

English literature - 1865 - 600 pages
...to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the Eevolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and to make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion, and...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 413

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1975 - 954 pages
...the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the revolution, ... is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices...controverted points in learning, religion, and government." 4 W. Blackstone, Commentaries *152. While the Court boldly stepped beyond this narrow doctrine in Near...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Legislative hearings - 1977 - 1706 pages
...to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the Revolution, Is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices...controverted points in learning, religion and government." (Freedom of Speech and Press in early American History — Cambridge ; 19GO — US Constitution revised...
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The Communications Act of 1978: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications - Broadcasting - 1979 - 746 pages
...power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the Revolution, is to subject atl freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man,...controverted points in learning, religion and government." (Freedom of Speech and Press in early American History Cambridge; I960 - US Constitution revised and...
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The Government's Classification of Private Ideas: Hearings Before a ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights - Inventions - 1981 - 860 pages
...CRS-5 restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices...learning, religion and government. But to punish... any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be...
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The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800 ...

Maeva Marcus, James R. Perry - History - 1985 - 588 pages
...to the restrictive power of a Licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices...make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controversial points in learning, religion, and government. But to punish (as the law does at present)...
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of ..., Volume 112

California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 826 pages
...the restrictive power of a licensor, as was formerly done before and since the revolution of 1688, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices...controverted points in learning, religion, and government Thus the will of individuals is still left free; the abuse only of that free will is the object of...
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A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a ...

Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1999 - 374 pages
...and infallible judge of all controverted^ points in learning, religion, and government. But to punish any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published,...shall, on a fair and impartial trial, be adjudged of _a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES peace...
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The Virginia Report of 1799-1800, Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws ...

Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson - Law - 2018 - 260 pages
...to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices...the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive wriiings, which, when published, shall, on a fair and impartial trial, be adjudged of a pernicious...
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Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the ...

Geoffrey R. Stone - History - 2004 - 758 pages
...disfavored under the First Amendment. subject the press to the restrictive power of a licenser ... is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices...all controverted points in learning, religion, and government."3'6 Under a licensing scheme, the licenser, rather than a court and jury, determines which...
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