5 KEY COURT CASES
These court rulings and other legal actions have had profound impacts on the conduct of journalism in America. Here are the case titles and brief synopses:
| 1735 | The trial of John Peter Zenger Charged with seditious libel, New York printer John Peter Zenger is acquitted by a jury on the grounds that the criticism of the governor he published was true. |
| 1798 | The prosecution of Benjamin Franklin Bache Ben Franklin’s grandson is charged with a crime under the Sedition Act of 1798 and dies while awaiting trial. |
| 1864 | Executive Order – Arrest and Imprisonment of Irresponsible Newspaper Reporters and Editors Citing the wartime emergency, President Lincoln authorizes the suppression of opposition newspapers during ... |
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