Note 307 — Chapter IV · Limitations on the Postal Power

Patterson, Liberty of the Press, etc., p. 61. Professor Schofield is of the opinion (Freedom of the Press in the United States, p. 87) that “Liberty of the Press as declared in the First Amendment and the English common-law crime of sedition cannot co-exist”; but certain it is, that without impairing the freedom of the press, Congress may punish seditious utterances counseling the use of force or unlawful means, and falsely defaming public officials.