...the common good shall never be abridged." "WASH.CONST. art. I, sec. 5 provides: "Freedom of Speech. Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right." «WASH.CONST.art. I, sec. 7 provides: "Invasion of Prívate Affairs or Home Prohibited....

...protect tho public's right to know. Article I, § 5 of the Alaska Constitution specifically provides, "Every person may freely speak, write, and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right." The Supreme Court of Alaska has given expansive force to these words in numerous...

...contended that the chapel requirement violated a provision of the Illinois Constitution stating that "[n]o person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent."15 The Court held that so long as the rules of chapel attendance were reasonable, permitting...

...established, and it included, in its declaration of rights, the statement that no preference shall be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship over another, but every person shall be permitted to worship God according to the dictates of his own...

...Illinois is representative of the provisions put in nearly all state constitutions and reads (Art. II, 4): "Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty." . . . That is what I think is meant by the cryptic phrase "freedom of speech,"...

...Supreme Court. The judgment was formally rooted in Article 2 section 4 of the Illinois Constitution: '[e]very person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty' — although the court clearly drew on existing common law understandings of...

...acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state. No person shall be required to attend or support any...to any religious denomination or mode of worship." Jefferson's Virginia Statute of 1785 has a preamble, too long to be reproduced here, explanatory of...

...abet, counsel or advise any person to commit the crime of bigamy or polygamy, or any other crime. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry, or place of worship, religious sect or denomination, or pay tithes against his consent ; nor shall any preference be given...

...acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the States. No person shall be required to attend or support any...to any religious denomination or mode of worship. Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of...

...licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the good order, peace or safety of the state. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship, religious sect or denomination against his consent. Nor shall any preference be given by law to any...