41. When the network broadcast the tapes, executives at CNN argued that the ruling was an unconstitutional prior restraint of its First Amendment right to disseminate the news. 42. A series of Supreme Court decisions have established that such prior restraints on publication may be used only as a last resort. 43. But Edmunds said while Ford had a strong case, blocking Lane from putting the documents on the Internet would be an illegal prior restraint of speech. 44. But Edmunds said that while Ford had a strong case, blocking Lane from putting the documents on the Internet would be an illegal prior restraint of speech. 45. But The Progressive case was only the second in American history that temporarily upheld prior restraint of publication. 46. The king has also suspended the constitutional guarantee against prior restraint of news articles. |
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