West Virginia Constitution

Article III, § 7 — Freedom of speech and press guaranteed

West Virginia Const. art. III, § 7

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W. Va. Const. art. III, § 7.

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No law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, shall be passed; but the Legislature may, by suitable penalties, restrain the publication or sale of obscene books, papers, or pictures, and provide for the punishment of libel, and defamation of character, and for the recovery, in civil actions, by the aggrieved party, of suitable damages for such libel, or defamation.

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