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Responding to the sibling re: censoring pornography. The 1st amendment prevents the government from interfering with the free exchange of ideas (among other thi
by dnadler 8y ago
Responding to the sibling re: censoring pornography. The 1st amendment prevents the government from interfering with the free exchange of ideas (among other things). We generally believe that letting the government regulate this kind of thing is a dangerous slippery slope.
- Certhas 8y agoObscenity laws are constitutional in the US. Obscene speech is not protected by the 1st Amendment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_v._California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_v._California There are myriads of other exceptions to 1st Amendment protections (including, even if people often don't think of it that way, intellectual property rights): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce... The whole idea that "Free speech is protected in the US but not in Europe" is just an (libertarian?) meme with no basis in fact.