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It was Adams, not Washington, and the Sedition Act was repealed after Jefferson became president: United States v. Thomas Cooper https://www.archives.gov/educa
by miles 6y ago
It was Adams, not Washington, and the Sedition Act was repealed after Jefferson became president:
United States v. Thomas Cooper https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/sedition-case https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/sedition-case
- CobrastanJorji 6y agoDifferent newspaper editor. That was the Thomas Cooper case. Benjamin Franklin Bache was also a newspaper editor who was arrested for seditiously slandering president Washington (and also Adams).
- miles 6y ago> Benjamin Franklin Bache was also a newspaper editor who was arrested for seditiously slandering president Washington (and also Adams). Bache certainly antagonized Washington, but he was arrested in June 1798 for criticizing Adams: When Benjamin Franklin’s Grandson was Jailed for Criticizing President Adams https://firstamendmentwatch.org/when-benjamin-franklins-grandson-was-jailed-for-critiquing-his-president-part-i/ https://firstamendmentwatch.org/when-benjamin-franklins-gran... Benjamin Franklin Bache https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/benjamin-franklin-bache/ https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-e...