COMM 317- "Make No Law"

1. They are all terms of false libel that gives people the right to make any statement about the government. They had an effect on the freedom of speech because the freedom fries, liberty cabbage gave people the right to speak openly while the Sedition and Espionage Acts limted citizens the right to speak out in public. The freedom of the press granted major media corporations the right to tell stories in their own format, but they were also limited not to tell things that the government does not want the public to hear.

2. The specific things that the Alien and Sedition Acts prohitbited civilians to make any false statements verbally and written on paper about the government actions. The punishment today is still the same as it was back in the 18th century.