Question

Port harbor city enacts an ordinance that bans the distribution of all printed materials on city streets. later, quint protests a new "revenue-enhancing" measure also enacted by the city by distributing handbills. when quint is charged with violating the printed-materials ban, he files a suit against the city. most likely, the court will hold that the ban is a. constitutional under the first amendment. b. an unconstitutional restriction of speech. c. justified by the need to protect individual rights. d. necessary to protect national interests.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: an unconstitutional restriction of speech

Printed materials on city streets are also included within the first amendment as a part of freedom of speech. The only constitutional way for the government to restrict the speech is by proving that the content of printed materials are openly calls for violence or other destructive activities.