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Jesus Castillo, Supreme Court, And Free Speech

Posted by Hemos on from the bad-precedents dept.

I've been following the Jesus Castillo case for a while. The case itself is an obscenity charge for selling an adult comic to an adult undercover police officer in Dallas. Recently, the US Supreme Court denied his appeal, with the notion that obscenity is a state-level affair, despite the First Amendment being a Federal law. There's also an interview with the head of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and some good ruminations from Neil Gaiman on the subject. Bad precedents for free speech - the CBDLF donations and giving to the EFF are Good Things.

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  1. yawn by Horny+Smurf · · Score: 0, Redundant
    despite the First Amendment being a Federal law.


    The First Amendmeent is not a "Federal Law".


    PS - why is this under 'yro'?