Constitution · Massachusetts

Mass. Const. amend. art. 77

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Constitution of Massachusetts
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October 2026

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Article XVI of Part the First is hereby annulled and the following is adopted in place thereof: Article XVI. The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a state: it ought not, therefore, to be restrained in this commonwealth. The right of free speech shall not be abridged.

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