...another coupling of "religion" and "government" in Blackstone's argument that punishment for certain writings "is necessary for the preservation of peace...religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty." (Presumably, the justification for such punishment would be removed, even in Blackstone's view, if...

...consequences of the law." For "to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writing. . .is necessary for the preservation of peace and good...and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty."2 This representation of liberty justified laws designed to suppress free and open debate...

...writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good...religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty. * Blackstone's opinion would become the focus of a contentious debate on the 1941-53 Court about just...

...like by insisting that "to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writing . . .is necessary for the preservation of peace and good...order, of government and religion, the only solid foundation of civil liberty."38 When viewed as dangerous or offensive, as one secret historian baldly...

...what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity. . . . Thus the will of individuals is still left free; the...that free will is the object of legal punishment" (151—52). Blackstone's opinion was recapitulated fifty years later by Henry Addington, Lord Sidmouth,...