Prior Restraint in the United States

Prior Restraint and Censorship

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled PRIOR RESTRAINT AND CENSORSHIPHistory has rooted in our constitutional tradition of freedom of expression the strongest aversion to official censorship. We have learned from the English rejection of press licensing and from our own experiences that the psychology of censors tends to drive them to
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Further Reading (Articles)

PRIOR Restraint.(Brief Article), Cobblestone; January 1, 1999; Villager, Tiffany

Informal Court Action Can Be Prior Restraint, Kennedy Says, News Media and the Law; April 1, 2005; Keyes, Kimberley;

A New Wave of Prior Restraints?, News Media and the Law; April 1, 2007; Leslie, Gregg

Post-Wikileaks: The Law of Prior Restraint Transformed, News Media and the Law; April 1, 2008; Burke, Thomas R.

Prior Restraint and Censorship, Encyclopedia of the American Constitution; January 1, 2000

Lamenting Season of Prior Restraints, News Media and the Law; July 1, 2002; Dalglish, Lucy

Courts Issue Temporary Prior Restraints against Publishers, News Media and the Law; October 1, 1999

SPJ Joins Court Battle against Prior Restraint, The Quill; January 1, 1999

Prior Restraints in Venezuela’s Social Responsibility on Radio and Television Act: Are They Justified?*, The George Washington International Law Review; March 15, 2008; Soto, Angel Luis Olivera

Florida Court Vacates Prior Restraints, Mondaq Business Briefing; October 23, 2013; Conner, Timothy J.

No Campus Censors: Prior Restraint Acceptable in High School Doesn’t Apply to University Publications. (First Amendment Watch), American Journalism Review; June 1, 2003; Kirtley, Jane

Protective orders, property interests and prior restraints: can the courts prevent media nonparties from publishing court-protected discovery materials?, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; June 1, 1996; Cohen, Giles T.

There Is No First Amendment Overbreadth (but There Are Vague First Amendment Doctrines); Prior Restraints Aren’t “Prior”; and “As Applied” Challenges Seek Judicial Statutory Amendments, Constitutional Commentary; September 22, 2011; Alexander, Larry

State High Court Upholds Prior Restraint on Videotaped Talks, News Media and the Law; October 1, 1998

Prior Restraint on Publishing Lawyer’s Time Records Upheld, News Media and the Law; January 1, 1999

Testing Prior Restraint; (Editora[euro][TM]s Note: In Singapore Politics Is Viewed as a Test for Young and Brighter Party Members, Especially Those at Age 40 Down, as Noted by the Author.), Manila Bulletin; March 28, 2006First Amendment – Prior Restraint – Seventh Circuit Holds That College Administrators Can Censor Student Newspapers Operated as Nonpublic Fora, Harvard Law Review; January 1, 2006

Legitimate Seizure Or Prior Restraint? Justices to Hear Challenge in Obscenity Case, The Washington Post; January 11, 1993; Joan Biskupic

Blair Says No to New Privacy Law; REBUFF FOR IRVINE OVER ‘PRIOR RESTRAINT’ ON THE PRESS , Opened to Legal Action, A Blow to Democracy, Daily Mail (London); February 6, 1998

JUSTICE BREYER AND PRIOR RESTRAINT DISTRICT COURT SHOULD DROP THE BAN ON PUBLICATION.(Commentary/Editorial), Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); July 27, 2004