Ka tīmata te pukapuka mā te whakahua i te Whakatikatika Tuatahi, e ārai ana i te U.S. Congress i te hanga ture e whakawhāiti ana i te kōrerorero noa, i te kōrerorero noa rānei. Ka whai a Lewis i te whanaketanga o ngā herenga ā-iwi i roto i te U.S. mā ngā takahanga hītori matua. Ka whakaratohia e ia he tirohanga whānui o te ture kōrerorero noa, tae atu ki ngā whakaaro o te Kooti Nui o U.S. i roto i te Schenck v. United States (1919), Whitney v. California (1927), United States v. Schwimmer (1929), New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), me New York Times Co. v. United States (1971).
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