Any attempt by government or courts to mandate the content of a medium; a form of censorship that violates the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech and press.
the power to prevent publication of something, or to require approval of it before publication. In most cases, prior constraint is unconstitutional, prohibited under the First Amendment which guarantees freedom of the press. There have been exceptions in cases of the publication of obscenity.
a court order prohibiting the publication of information by the press
a governmental restriction on speech before the speech is expressed
a governmental restriction on speech or publication before its actual expression
a governmental restriction on the publication or broadcast of speech
a government prohibition on a particular message before the speaker has a chance to communicate it
a government regulation that limits or conditions in advance the exercise of protected First Amendment activity
a legal restraint on material before publication
an administrative or judicial order forbidding communications prior to their occurrence
an administrative or judicial order forbidding future speech
an administrative or judicial order that forbids certain speech in advance of the time the communication is to occur
a restriction on a communication before it is published enacted by the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the federal, state or local government
prior restraints, or governmental restrictions of speech before it is actually expressed, are prohibited by the First Amendment except in very limited circumstances.
Classic censorship is prior restraint of expression exercised by some official or office of federal, state or local government.
A restriction on speech, imposed by the government, before the speech has actually been made. Such a restriction is usually presumed unconstitutional if the speech being restricted is protected by the First Amendment.
Restraint on speech or publication before it is spoken or published. Prohibited by constitution unless defamatory or obscene or creates a clear and present danger.
Prior restraint is a legal term referring to a government's actions that prevent materials from being published. Censorship that requires a person to seek governmental permission in the form of a license or imprimatur before publishing anything constitutes prior restraint every time permission is denied. More recently, prior restraint has often taken the form of an injunction or other governmental order prohibiting the publication of a specific document or subject.