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Toledo Adult Entertainment: Legalese: Clyde DeWitt on United States v. Stevens
July 21, 2010 | | Leave a Comment
That is important because it could spill over into calling Miller into question. After all, in light of this decision, obscenity remains the only species of regulation of content of speech where strict scrutiny analysis is not followed.
What this leads to is the real possibility that the Court will reexamine Miller, and that may or may not be good. This opinion calls into question the serious value prong, and the internet has done the same with the issue of what “taken as a whole” and “community values” mean.
Clyde DeWitt is an attorney whose practice has been focused on adult entertainment since 1980. He can be reached at ClydeDeWitt@earthlink.net. More information can be found at ClydeDeWitt.com. This column is not a substitute for legal advice. Rather, it is to alert readers to legal issues warranting advice from your personal attorney.
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