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In Commentaries on the Laws of England, Vol. IV (1769) , ______________ stated the rule against prior restraint in the context of freedom of the press: "The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published."


A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Alexander Hamilton
C) John Adams
D) Sir William Blackstone

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