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Practice question: Prior Restraint and Subsequent Punishment

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Does Chavez treat broadcast media as categorically outside the protection against unjustified content-based prior restraint?
  1. Yes, licenses eliminate all expression rights
  2. Yes, radio is never protected
  3. No, its treatment of the restraint applies to broadcast media as well
  4. Yes, only printed books have protection
  5. Yes, every station must accept censorship

Legal references

  • Chavez v. Gonzales, G.R. No. 168338, February 15, 2008, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/feb2008/gr_168338_2008.html
  • 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 4: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353

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