It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation. Freedom of the press is enshrined in the First Amendment. It is a necessary component to republican selfgovernment and a hallmark of a free society. That is not in question. In fact, it is a nonnegotiable. However, is not the exclusive prerogative of the press. The First Amendment protects the freespeech rights of all americans, not just those who happen to have an m. A. In journalism. The press itself is subject to free speech just like everyone else. Journalists do not take well to criticism. I see this as a recovering journalist myself. There is a tendency in the media to equate criticism of the press with an attack on the freedom of the press itself. But i think you can be committed to free speech while attacking those who abuse it. What is more, the freedom of the press, like all freedoms, is not without limits. There are no prior restraints on publications. Those days are thankfully long behind us. But the press is resp
Foundation. Its not like to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation for this Panel Discussion and i will preserve the constitution service. The freedom of the press as all americans know is contrite in the First Amendment. The free press is a necessary component of selfgovernment and hallmark of a free society. That is not in question. In fact, its nonnegotiable. Free speech, however, is not the exclusive prerogative of the press. The First Amendment you will remember protects the free speech rights of all americans, not just those who so happen to have an ma in journalism. The press, in other words, is itself subject to free speech just like everyone else is. Journalists do not take well to criticism, and to say this as a recovering journalist myself. There is a tendency in the media to equate criticism of the press, however wellfounded, with an attack on freedom of the press itself. But i think you can be committed to free speech while attacking those who abuse it. Whats more, the fre
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to accede to a request by the Central government to defer hearing the challenge to the validity of sedition law until the finalisation of new laws to replace existing criminal laws
The CJI D.Y. Chandrachud-led bench posted the hearing of the petitions to the second week of August, even as the petitioners emphasised the need to refer the case to a seven-judge bench.
The Central government Monday told the Supreme Court that the process to re-examine Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises sedition, is at an advanced stage.