“The Zenger case planted the seeds that flowered a half-century later in the First Amendment,” noted The Times. “It destroyed the pernicious doctrine that criticism of government is ...

A half-century after the Zenger trial, as members of the First Congress debated the proposed Bill of Rights, one of the Constitution’s principal drafters and great-grandson of Lewis Morris, Gouvernor ...

The Zenger case didn’t set legal precedent, but it was foundational in our understanding of the freedom of the press and the importance of protecting the free exercise of journalism.

The Zenger case didn’t set legal precedent, but it was foundational in our understanding of the freedom of the press and the importance of protecting the free exercise of journalism.

The Zenger case didn’t set legal precedent, but it was foundational in our understanding of the freedom of the press and the importance of protecting the free exercise of journalism.

The Zenger case didn’t set legal precedent, but it was foundational in our understanding of the freedom of the press and the importance of protecting the free exercise of journalism.

The Zenger case didn’t set legal precedent, but it was foundational in our understanding of the freedom of the press and the importance of protecting the free exercise of journalism.

The Zenger trial emphasized press freedom 300 years ago. ... It’s known as the Zenger trial. The case was in 1735, nearly 300 years ago, before the United States was even a country.