SS8 STAAR Snippet - Multipart - Constitutional Rights

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2 questions

Instructions

This question has two parts. First answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

“I view the principle of this bill as radically wrong. Suppose that abusive paragraphs are published against the President, if they are lies, they will have no weight; and, if they are truth, they ought to be published.”

-Mr. T. Claiborne, Argument Against Sedition Act, 1789

Part A

The excerpt above violates which freedom protected under the Constitution?

What phrase or term from the excerpt below provides evidence to support the Part A answer?

“I view the principle of this bill as radically wrong. Suppose that abusive paragraphs are published against the President, if they are lies, they will have no weight; and, if they are truth, they ought to be published.”
-Mr. T. Claiborne, Argument Against Sedition Act, 1789