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[Brian Davis]

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.

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