Freedom of Press

Freedom of the Press

Freedom of the Press

George Hay was a federal judge of Virginia and a Republican writer who opposed to the Sedition Act of 1798 by articulating a wide description of the liberty or freedom of speech of the press. George Hay forced on the British effort to differentiate among free speech and malicious speech. It had no sense or authority in the United States Constitution. The Congress according to George Hay attempted to differentiate among the true and false opinions or speech. He observed the difference between the free and malicious speech. According to George Hay, the ...