Practice question
An ordinance permits public posters praising a proposed policy but forbids posters opposing it. Officials call this a rule about public order. How should the speech distinction be characterized?
- Content-neutral solely because public order is mentioned.
- Content-based because permitted expression depends on its viewpoint about the policy.
- Outside free-speech review because it concerns posters.
- Automatically valid because the city owns some public places.
- Content-neutral because both kinds of posters use paper.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, section 4, https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Chavez v. Gonzales, G.R. No. 168338, February 15, 2008, content-based and content-neutral restraints discussion, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/feb2008/gr_168338_2008.html
- Diocese of Bacolod v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 205728, January 21, 2015, content regulation discussion, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jan2015/gr_205728_2015.html
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