"Cuss the Government "

" Cuss the Government "

A city cannot sue a newspaper for criticizing the city's government. The Supreme Court of Illinois threw out a libel suit brought by the City of Chicago against The Chicago Tribune.

Goaded by attacks against his notorious administration, William Hale Thompson, Mayor of Chicago until two weeks ago, brought suit against The Tribune in the name of the city. Damages of $10,000,000 were claimed on the grounds that the city's credit had been hurt.

Says The Tribune: " What is established today is not so much the right of a newspaper to criticise public officials, but the fundamental right of the American citizen to cuss' the government and do anything except advocate overthrow and violence."