On March 16th, 1801, President Thomas Jefferson pardoned the newspaper publisher James Callender who had been tried, convicted and sentenced to 8 months imprisonment for criticism of former president John Adams. It set a vital precedent that allows journalists to do their jobs, unfettered by the state, or so we thought.
Today, almost two and a quarter centuries later, journalist Owen Shroyer has been tried, convicted and sentenced to 60 days in prison for publicly questioning the results of the 2020 election. It turns out that sometimes, sadly, the arc of history bends towards tyranny.
Let us not mince words, there is nothing that Shroyer did in his work that can be considered a crime in a just republic dedicated to the protection of speech; whether by podcast or megaphone, he was exercising his rights.
The Department of Justice argued that Shroyer, who did not so much as enter the Capitol , […]
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