NYCe
01-25-2005, 06:35 AM
The new Att. General has stated he's going to make this a major issue while he's ruling.
They're discussing this on Nightline right now (1/24 - 11:35 PM) EST
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"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."
http://www.acsblog.org/bill-of-rights-741-court-strikes-down-federal-obscenity-statute.html
They're discussing this on Nightline right now (1/24 - 11:35 PM) EST
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"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."
http://www.acsblog.org/bill-of-rights-741-court-strikes-down-federal-obscenity-statute.html