Richard Dobbs Spaight: "I am one of those who formed this Constitution . . . The gentleman supposes that the liberty of the press is not secured. The Constitution does not take it away. It says nothing of it, and can do nothing to injure it."

“Mr. Chairman, I am one of those who formed this Constitution. . . . The gentleman supposes that the liberty of the press is not secured. The Constitution does not take it away. It says nothing of it, and can do nothing to injure it."–Mr. Richard Dobbs Spaight, July 30, 1788, [Debates In The Convention Of The State Of North Carolina, On The Adoption Of The Federal Constitution. Eliot’s Debates, Vol. IV. Pgs. 208-9]

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The Extent of Government Authority and Power 

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