The Importance Of Freedom Of Speech

He states, “The officers of the government would have the right to invade this fortification, and to make prisoners of the garrison, whenever they thought there was a failure in the duty of publishing only the truth, of which failures persons chosen by the government are to judge.” Hay implies that if we let the government silence the publisher’s inaccurate statements, then the government would win authority over every American and it would limit their liberty of the press. He believes that American’s should not fear on making your own opinion because the true ideas could come from it. For me it basically means that the government controls what the publishers write. Hay also states, “the sedition bill, which is an act of legislative control, is an abridgement of its liberty, and expressly forbidden by the constitution.” Hay implies that the sedition bill is taking liberty away from everyone and is being unconstitutional to the constitution. The government does want the American people to express their own thoughts of how the government is being run bad; instead they have to silence themselves, so they won’t have to be sued or imprisonment.

Since the public has its own right to decide what to say and what to hear, and telemarketers are not quite defined as hate speech, individuals should block the junk mails, telemarketers, and so on by themselves, without violating the freedom of speech for the telemarketers. The FCC apparently should not interfere with the free speech at all in terms of protecting the free speech rules of everyone citizens, including the telemarketers. The telemarketers have their own right deciding what to say, even though the telemarketing receivers have the rights to refuse to respond as well. By protecting ones own right of having silence at bath time, it may be more efficient to turn off the cell phones than asking the federal constitution to regulate the telemarketing. Thus, since that “we all share the same constitution; somehow, it must protect us all”(Rottenberg & Winchell 592), both the public and the FCC should be aware of the essentialness of preserving the freedom of

The beginning of this Act is to fight against the Communist so British colonial government enacted the Act. The sedition may be includes word or conduct that may against the peace or the authority of the state. It also may be in writing or orally on discussing race, ethnicity and also religion which often see in racial terms in Malaysia. To the prosecutor, this legal anxiously much favouritisms according to some of the media commentators. To another means, seditious is not only a legal but a political issue too.

The government has no place in this matter and it should be overseen by a separate entity which has nothing to gain. And until this specific organization gives reasoning behind its judgments and sets forth prior rules and regulations to be agreed to by the communication industry and the people, then it has no right to censor or indict people that are just exercising their right of free speech. Works Cited “House approves tougher indecency fines, Senate considers similar bill.” CNN.com 16 Feb 2005 McDonough, Siobhan. “With tight budget, PBS careful to avoid FCC fines…” The Associated Press. 3 Mar.

It also made it illegal to print, write or say “any false, scandalous and malicious” things against the government. One person was convicted under the act for ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation, and selfish avarice.”2 This was never challenged by the Democratic-Republicans because of the Federalist-dominated the court rule. The act eventually ended the Federalists in 1800 an... ... middle of paper ... .... Or is it? Should people be able to choose for themselves? Oliver Wendell Holmes said: Words can be weapons...the question in every case is whether the words are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.8 The basic idea on the Freedom of Speech is counteract whatever one says or does.

Individuals and government officials influenced how the press would write and print about their affairs. This was a libel law. According to Reyes et.al, libel involves the action of exposing individuals in hatred manner, causing injuries to his business or to his profession (001). The early federal law limited the freedom of press due to its biases. This was even after the congress was prohibited from passing any law that would restrict freedom of the media.

America still had not declared independence from England in 1765, and was expected to follow the rules of the parliament and the King. The government like all other states was structured differently, but the people elected their representatives. Unlike the British who let the people vote, but they are “indirectly represented” by Parliament. The stamp act was one of the first things Britain did to upset the colonies. John Adams who was a prospering young lawyer at the time, called the Stamp Act “That enormous engine, fabricated by the British Parliament, for battering down all the rights and liberties of America.” The stamp act put a tax on legal documents, and other paper items.

There are certain types of speech that fall under that definition, howe... ... middle of paper ... ...an trust what the paper’s say because the state runs the media. The constitution provides that “no law shall be made abridging our right to freedom of speech. Therefore all laws supporting censorship are unconstitutional and should be banned as per the First Amendment. If we fail to ban censorship then we give up all of our rights we cease to be free. Works Cited Merriam-Webster.

One sign of the importance of a free press is that when antidemocratic forces take over a country, their first act is often to muzzle the press. Thomas Jefferson, on the necessity of a free press (1787) The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. * * * * * The origins of freedom of speech and press are nearly alike, because critical utterances about the government, either written or spoken, were subject to punishment under English law. It did not matter whether what had been printed was true; government saw the very fact of the criticism as an evil, since it cast doubt on the integrity and reliability of public officers. Progress toward a truly free press, that is, one in which people could publish their views without fear of government reprisal, was halting, and in the mid-18th century the great English legal commentator, Sir William Blackstone, declared that although liberty of the press was essential to the nature of a free state, it could and should be bounded.

Reputation of judges are also maintained by limiting freedom of expression. The court assesses each case on a case by case basis and aims to identify if the journalist (for example) acted out of good faith. This limitation likewise protects the individuals on trial. In Worm v Austria (1997) a journalist was fined for publishing an article which could have impacted the outcome of criminal proceedings involving a former minister. This limitation can be thought to be extremely essential in order to exercise the right to a fair trial.