17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
... In the terms of the lawyers--from what I picked up during my time on the Cyberial list--a requirement that words be rated before they can be distributed would not pass Constitutional muster. This does not mean that one's words will not trigger prosecutions, lawsuits, treason trials, etc. What it means is that "prior restraint" is frowned upon (recall "The Progressive" H-bomb case of about 15 years ago, where a court subjected this magazine to prior restraint...a rare occurrence, later overturned. A more recent case involves "Business Week," and is still unresolved). ... The Sixth Circuit recently held that the prior restraint by the idiot district judge was wrong.
EBD