Discuss how the Supreme Court analyzes obscenity under the First Amendment
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Distinguish the nonlegal term "pornography" from the legal term "obscenity."
2, Discuss the Supreme Court's struggle to provide a concrete definition of obscenity.
3, Explain the three-prong test from Millerv.California(1973) currently used by the Court to evaluate whether a particular work is unprotected because it is obscene.
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A. 1950s B. 1960s C. 1970s D. 1980s E. 1990s
Subcommittees are divisions of
A) ad hoc committees. B) standing committees. C) conference committees. D) interim committees.
Contrary to intuition, people in the poorest countries are the least mobile. This speaks to which fact about migration?
A. Migration is mostly an urban affair. B. Urbanization in developing populations often means growing slums. C. Development makes migration more likely. D. Over the long run, migration policies have become less restrictive.