Burt Onofproof is a local doctor who hates the local pharmacy, Placebos-R-Us. Dr. Burt not only tells all his patients not to go there, but he goes out of his way to warn other doctors' patients not to go there either. He writes up flyers claiming Placebos-R-Us gives out the wrong medications. According to Supreme Court precedent, the pharmacy he is targeting will be able to get an injunction against Dr. Burt to stop him from circulating the malicious and false flyers.

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The Supreme Court has made it clear that prior restraint is not the appropriate response. If the flyers are libelous there are civil penalties that can be imposed. An injunction is a prior restraint and should only be the result of a showing of a clear and present danger of a substantive evil that Congress has the power to prevent.

Burt Onofproof Is a Local Doctor Who Hates the Local