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This 8 page paper analyzes how our right to free speech and expression have been interpreted over time. Gitlow v New York is used as the basis of this analysis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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democratic people. When those freedoms extend to criticizing our government or its elected officials, however, they are sometimes interpreted as sedition. Over history there have been escalations in
the degree to which we feared foreign intervention in our country. One result of those fears was the implementation of sedition laws. In 1798, for example, the Sedition
Act proclaimed that it was illegal to "print, utter or publish any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" when it was directed at the federal government (Corry, 2002, p. 35).
In 1918 a similar law (also called the Sedition Act) proclaimed that it was a crime to ?illfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal . . . or abusive
language targeting the US government (Corry, 2002, 35). Obviously, such laws ran counter to the basic principles of a democratic society. The principle of freedom of speech and
expression was particularly challenged by those laws. When fears of sedition predominate, our rights have not always been completely clear when it comes to our freedom in terms of expressing
ourselves. When considering this contention we should first consider the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is considered one of the most important documents in US history.
It is also considered one of the staunchest protections of the freedom of speech and expression. Interestingly, however, the first ten Constitutional amendments encompassed by the Bill of
Rights were initially determined to apply only to protecting citizens from excessive federal power not excessive state and local power. Historically, it seems the primary concern when it
came to issues of free speech was that the federal government not make unreasonable restrictions on its citizens. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights, in fact, were first
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