Question

In the 1930s a law case in Minnesota established new guidelines concerning the publication of disturbing media content. The term __________was coined by the U.S. Supreme Court in its precedential ruling that only material that could be a threat to national security can be banned and blocked from publication.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is - Prior restraint (also known as prior censorship or pre-publication censorship).

Explanation:

In case Near Vs. Minnesota (1931), the United States Supreme Court ruled with close votes 5 to 4, that prior restraints as a form of censorship were unconstitutional, unless they present a threat to the country's national security and control of obscenity. Before that many publishers in Minnesota were censored for publishing what could be identified as a disturbing media content.