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Federal Obscenity Rule Nixed In Internet Porn Case
CaptainEbo writes "A court has declared the federal anti-obscenity law unconstitutional in a criminal case against an Internet porn distributor: 'We find that the federal obscenity statutes burden an individual's fundamental right to possess, read, observe, and think about what he chooses in the privacy of his own home by completely banning the distribution of obscene materials.' The court's decision rested in part on Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court case striking down anti-sodomy laws. Under Lawrence, said the court, 'upholding the public sense of morality is not even a legitimate state interest.'"
that must be "plenty hot" about that right now.
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
You people are idiots. We legislate public sense of morality every day. Stuff like nudity laws, laws against polygamy, beastiality, incest. Laws against drug possession and use. Laws that say you can't lie in court. Laws against certain business practices, laws to make sure you feed your kids and don't mistreat them... etc, etc, etc.
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution itself is a law promoting anti-discrimination.
All these things are morality based legislation.
To say that the government have absolutely no place in legislating morality is no different than saying Anarchy is a great and wonderful thing.
does that mean you waive all rights to suck up my tax dollars
I don't see, anywhere in the Constitution, the right to be a tax burden. With leftism being so hip these days, people sure act like it's a natural right, though.