First amendment

Title: First amendment
Category: Literature / English | Words: 480 | Pages: 2.0 (approximately 235 words/page)

First amendment

Applying contemporary community standards as to material being termed “obscene” is not enough. The Supreme Court should narrow their decision beyond the 1987 Miller Vs. California re-hearing so as to protect society. The First Amendment protects American’s freedom of speech. To what extent does this Amendment protect individuals? I feel that the protection should be unconditional according to the ruling of Justice Wendell Holmes. His ruling states that freedom of speech is protected unless it …showed first 75 words of 480 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 480 total…of expression as well as freedom of speech. This is not a valid idea though. Pornography can be seen as obscene depending on who views it. In 1987 court case of Miller vs. California, it was declared that it is not the job of the Supreme Court to decide if things are obscene. Instead, it will be left up to the individual communities. This decision is appropriate because the First Amendment does not protect adult films.

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