First Amendment: Freedom of Speech Practice Test

Hazelwood allows prior restraint of newspapers because all press is considered government-sponsored speech subject to editorial control.

Miller v. California permits injunctions against publication if the material is offensive to community standards, regardless of political content.

Time, place, and manner rules allow courts to block publication of classified information whenever it is inconvenient for officials.

Near v. Minnesota and the Pentagon Papers case make prior restraints presumptively unconstitutional; government bears a heavy burden to justify censorship.

Chaplinsky permits prior restraints because leaked documents are “fighting words” likely to provoke immediate violence against government employees.