However, due to the incident of the Emperor Organ Theory, some of Minobe's books were banned under the publishing law, and the government effectively made an official evaluation of the theory in the government announcement.
しかし、に生じた天皇機関説事件で、美濃部の一部著書が出版法の発売禁止処分を受け、政府が国体明徴声明で学説の事実上の公定を行った。