289 years ago a grand jury in South Carolina refused to indict a newspaperman for holding a governor “in great contempt.” It said that to do so would “be destructive of LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, a Privilege We enjoy, and has been Justified for by our Ancestors, and we hope will be preserved to our latest Posterity.” Instead, the jury scolded the governor for “… an intolerable GRIEVANCE, the illegal Practice of placing armed SOLDIERS (every Sunday), at the Avenues of this Metropolis.” It called that practice “an Attempt toward introducing MILITARY Government into this FREE Province.”