Practice question
A student silently displays a placard communicating opposition to a public policy. An official says that only spoken sentences can receive freedom-of-expression protection. Is that reason sufficient?
- Yes, every silent display is constitutionally meaningless.
- Yes, signs are protected only if sold commercially.
- Yes, freedom of expression protects only microphone use.
- No; communicative conduct and symbolic expression may fall within the protection.
- No; every physical act is therefore immune from regulation.
Legal references
- Diocese of Bacolod v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 205728, January 21, 2015, main decision, political and symbolic expression: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jan2015/gr_205728_2015.html
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