Lafferty v. Houlihan

“Conductors of the public press have no rights but such as are common to all. . . . But in this country every citizen has the right to call the attention of his fellow citizens to the maladministration of public affairs or the misconduct of public servants, if his real motive in so doing is to bring about a reform of abuses, or to defeat the re-election or re-appointment of an incompetent officer.” Palmer v. Concord, 48 N. H. 211, 216. “ If the end to be attained is justifiable; as, if the object is the removal of an incompetent officer, or to prevent the election of an unsuitable person to…