Question

in the case burstyn, inc v. wilson, 1952, the supreme court voided a new york law that allowed censores to forbid the commercial showing of a motion picture that it had decided was "sacrilegious". the court held that the law was a prior restraint on freedom of speech and of the press under the 1st amendment. what is the meaning of the phrase "based on prior restraint on freedom of speech" in this case

Answer 1

During this case, the court decided the New York law was against the Constitution.

In other words, because the first amendment prevents the creation of laws against freedom of speech, the act of censorship based on religious standards was a violation of the first amendment. The court thus decided to nullify the New York law.

This particular case was a landmark for the decline of movie censorship.