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§ 19. Freedom of speech and press; defamation
TN CONST Art. 1, § 19West's Tennessee Code AnnotatedConstitution of the State of Tennessee (Approx. 2 pages)
§ 19. Freedom of speech and press; defamation
TN CONST Art. 1, § 19West's Tennessee Code AnnotatedConstitution of the State of Tennessee (Approx. 2 pages)
West's Tennessee Code Annotated
Constitution of the State of Tennessee
Article I. Declaration of Rights (Refs & Annos)
TN Const. Art. 1, § 19
§ 19. Freedom of speech and press; defamation
That the printing presses shall be free to every person to examine the proceedings of the Legislature; or of any branch or officer of the government, and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions, is one of the invaluable rights of man, and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. But in prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in public capacity, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and in all indictments for libel, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other criminal cases.
Const. Art. 1, § 19, TN CONST Art. 1, § 19
Current with laws from the 2022 Second Regular Sess. of the 112th Tennessee General Assembly. Pursuant to §§ 1-1-110, 1-1-111, and 1-2-114, the Tennessee Code Commission certifies the final, official version of the Tennessee Code and, until then, may make editorial changes to the statutes. References to the updates made by the most recent legislative session should be to the Public Chapter and not to the T.C.A. until final revisions have been made to the text, numbering, and hierarchical headings on Westlaw to conform to the official text. Unless legislatively provided, section name lines are prepared by the publisher.
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