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Podcast: Minimum Competence
Episode: Fri 8/4 - Trump Pleaded Not Guilty, Kagan Says SCOTUS Not Imperial, SCOTUS Ruling Imperils Waterways, and Reenactment in Parkland
Description: On this day in legal history, August 4, 1735, a significant victory for the free press was achieved in the United States. Publisher John Peter Zenger was acquitted of libel charges against New York's colonial governor, William Cosby, in a case that became a landmark moment for American liberty. The New-York Weekly Journal, printed by Zenger, had consistently criticized Governor Cosby, leading to various attempts by the governor to shut down the paper. When two grand juries failed to indict Zenger, Cosby resorted to a legal tactic called an "information" to bring Zenger before the court. The case took an unexpected...