美洲殖民者将英国普通法带到了大西洋彼岸,殖民地的官员如同故乡的主人一样容不得新闻出版自由。
The American colonists brought English common law across the Atlantic, and colonial officials had as little toleration for the press as did their masters back home.
换言之,如果允许这个判决成立,就将对《第一条修正案》保护的新闻出版自由权利造成“令人寒心的”严重影响。
To allow the judgment to stand, in other words, would have a severe "chilling" effect on the First Amendment right of a free press.
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