<P> The 1931 U.S. Supreme Court decision Near v. Minnesota recognized freedom of the press by roundly rejecting prior restraints on publication , a principle that applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence . The court ruled that a Minnesota law targeting publishers of malicious or scandalous newspapers violated the First Amendment ( as applied through the Fourteenth Amendment ) . </P>
<P> The 1931 U.S. Supreme Court decision Near v. Minnesota recognized freedom of the press by roundly rejecting prior restraints on publication , a principle that applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence . The court ruled that a Minnesota law targeting publishers of malicious or scandalous newspapers violated the First Amendment ( as applied through the Fourteenth Amendment ) . </P>
when was freedom of press established in america
when was freedom of press established in america
1931
1931