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2015-04-14 |
REYES, J. |
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| Free speech may be identified with the liberty to discuss publicly and truthfully any matter of public concern without prior restraint or censorship and subsequent punishment.[9] Prior restraint refers to official governmental restrictions on the press or other forms of expression in advance of actual publication or dissemination. Freedom from prior restraint is largely freedom from government censorship of publications, whatever the form of censorship, and regardless of whether it is wielded by the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the government.[10] Any system of prior restraints of expression comes to this Court bearing a heavy presumption against its validity.[11] | |||||
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2015-01-21 |
LEONEN, J. |
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| This court has held free speech and other intellectual freedoms as "highly ranked in our scheme of constitutional values."[193] These rights enjoy precedence and primacy.[194] In Philippine Blooming Mills, this court discussed the preferred position occupied by freedom of expression: Property and property rights can be lost thru prescription; but human rights are imprescriptible. If human rights are extinguished by the passage of time, then the Bill of Rights is a useless attempt to limit the power of government and ceases to be an efficacious shield against the tyranny of officials, of majorities, of the influential and powerful, and of oligarchs - political, economic or otherwise. | |||||
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2015-01-21 |
LEONEN, J. |
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| In the landmark case of Reyes v. Bagatsing, this court summarized the steps that permit applicants must follow which include informing the licensing authority ahead of time as regards the date, public place, and time of the assembly.[242] This would afford the public official time to inform applicants if there would be valid objections, provided that the clear and present danger test is the standard used for his decision and the applicants are given the opportunity to be heard.[243] This ruling was practically codified in Batas Pambansa No. 880, otherwise known as the Public Assembly Act of 1985. | |||||