Claim 120

The Supreme Court held that letting officials bring a newspaper's publisher before a judge on a charge of publishing scandalous material was itself a form of censorship.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The Supreme Court held that letting officials bring a newspaper's publisher before a judge on a charge of publishing scandalous material was itself a form of censorship.
Field: action
Value: Law treated as censorship
About: incident 1931-us-near-v-minnesota-gag-law
Source: Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
Publisher: Justia US Supreme Court Center
Method: court record
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 1931-06-01

Quotation from the source

This is of the essence of censorship.