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2025 Bar · Political Law · 1 sub-question

2. The XYZ Church was a relatively new religious group with fast-growing membership. On January 22, 2025, ABC News published an investigative report revealing that the leader of XYZ Church, Father Z, was actually the head of an underground syndicate and a notorious swindler who was convicted of fraud charges in the United States of America. The published report caused great agitation to XYZ Church followers who threatened to harm ABC News, destroyed its properties, and mauled the vendors who were selling copies of its newspaper containing the report. Reacting to this spate of violence, Secretary of Justice X, on national television, prohibited ABC News and other newspapers from re-publishing the questioned report or they shall face charges in court. ABC News assailed the prohibition, claiming that the same constitutes prior restraint against speech. Is the challenge correct? Reason(s).

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