Prior Restraint and Subsequent Punishment

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1. Which state action can constitute prior restraint even if it is issued by a court rather than an administrative censor?
2. A newspaper has printed a report but has not distributed any copies. A government order forbids its initial distributio…
3. A private newspaper editor independently chooses not to print a submitted column. No official coercion, governmental ro…
4. A government censor seeks an injunction against a forthcoming political broadcast. It offers only speculation that the …
5. A court signs an order preventing publication of an identified political report. The Government argues that judicial si…
6. A report has been printed but not circulated. Explain why an official prohibition on initial dissemination can still pr…
7. Explain why an injunction against a forthcoming publication does not avoid prior-restraint analysis simply because a ju…
8. Government lawyers rely solely on an allegation that a political recording was unlawfully obtained to demand a pre-broa…