Constitutional Law—Obscenity: A Return to the First Amendment? Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969)

Authors

John R. Snowden, University of Nebraska College of LawFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. The First Amendment and Governmental Power to Repress Speech

III. The Old Arguments and the Stanley Rationale … 1. Obscenity Is Simply Not Constitutionally Protected, and the State Is Free to Deal with It in Any Manner … 2. The State May Repress Obscene Expression to Protect Moral Standards … 3. The State May Suppress Obscenity in an Attempt to Control Deviant Sexual Behavior or Crimes of Sexual Violence … 4. The State May Regulate in the Interest of Preventing Unwilling Exposure to Obscenity

[IV]. The Implications of the Stanley Rationale

[V]. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

John R. Snowden, Constitutional Law—Obscenity: A Return to the First Amendment? Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969), 49 Neb. L. Rev. 660 (1970)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol49/iss3/8