In the private facts cases of Cox v. Cohn (concerning the identification of rape victims) and Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. District Court (concerning identi- fication of juvenile suspects), the Supreme Court made which of the following determinations?
A) the government could not exercise prior restraint or punish the media for publishing or broadcasting accurate information that was legally obtained
B) states had the right to enforce laws restricting the publication of such information, and those laws were an acceptable form of prior restraint

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In both Cox v. Cohn and Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. District Court, the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment protections of freedom of the press and freedom of speech prohibit the government from punishing or restraining the media for publishing or broadcasting accurate information that was legally obtained. Therefore, choice A is the correct answer. Choice B is incorrect because the Supreme Court did not allow for state restrictions on the publication of private facts.

In the Private Facts Cases of Cox V