What clause of the Constitution does Congress rely on to justify legislation dealing with the press?
Who or what does Congress state the law is designed to protect?
How does Congress justify its assertion that the law does not abridge freedom of the press?
How does Congress maintain that it is not expanding the role of government or giving it any new power or authority?
What does Congress state would have been unconstitutional if it had been prohibited?
What did Hay believe the authors of the First Amendment intended?
Did Hay believe there was any distinction between protected speech and malicious speech?
Did Hay believe it was proper for the government or the courts to determine what was true and what was malicious speech? Or that it was even possible?
What great damage to the country did Hay foresee if the Sedition Act were to remain the law of the land?
Why did Hay believe that malicious speech would not prove harmful even if allowed?
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