censorship proceeding
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From 380 U.S. 51 - Freedman v. Maryland · 1965Most cited · 3,041 citing opinions
a censorship proceeding puts the initial burden on the exhibitor or distributor. Because the censor's business is to censor, there inheres the danger that he may well be less responsive than a court—part of an independent branch of government—to the constitutionally protected interests in free expression