Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973), changed the law of obscenity. One element of the prior obscenity test required that the material be “utterly without redeeming social value.” This was changed by Miller to

A. shocking to reasonable persons.
B. lacking in serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
C. lacking in any literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
D. None of the answers is correct.


Answer: B

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A) net domestic product. B) national income. C) gross domestic income. D) personal income.

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