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AP U.S. Government 1.2 Civil Rights and Liberties. In which case did the Supreme Court hold that obscenity was not protected by the First Amendment?
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Thank you We sneak And here's your shmoop too sure
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brought to you by the freedom of speech the constitutional
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right to question authority in which case to the supreme
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court hold that obscenity was not protected by the first
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amendment and hear the potential answers case right already We
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know we know another question about supreme court but look
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there's no need to get all obscene about it All
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right Did the supreme court hold that's Insanity was not
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protected by the first amendment in a texas v johnson
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Quite the opposite Actually some people might think that burning
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a flag is pretty obscene in the eyes of uncle
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sam But supreme court ruled that individuals could wave They're
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desecrating desires all over town that reduces eight ashes Was
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the constitutionality of obscenity dealt within Be tinker v des
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moines Well there was a world where students were so
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upset with the teachers punishment that they took it all
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the way to the supreme court and won huh Really
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soundly Fairy tale Well it's Not as the tots from
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tinker v des moines could tell you After being suspended
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for wearing black armbands in protest of the vietnam war
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the students fought back And emerged victorious since the supreme
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court ruled that students had constitutional protections within the schoolhouse
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walls as well Talk about dressing for success in all
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right if the supreme court deal with obscenity in c
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brandenburg v ohio well kind of if one things that
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given a speech railing against african americans and jews and
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anyone who supports them is obscene Brandenburg was ku klux
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klan leader in rural ohio and after giving a pretty
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offensive speach the police arrested him for being well a
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pretty awful guy But because brandenburg was pretty abstract about
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getting people to commit violence in the name of his
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hateful words the supreme court ruled he was free to
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say whatever he wanted Don't blame us We're just constitutionally
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protected messenger Yeah What about d boys Katz v dale
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Well boy scouts retail dealt with the right to exclude
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Specifically the boy scouts of america is ban on admitting
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homosexual members but we're looking for a case dealing with
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obscene content not obscene acts of discrimination which means the
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supreme court held that obscenity was not protected by the
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first amendment in e roth v united states Rafi us
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was the court's first Attempt to deal with the issue
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of obscenity and whether it was protected under the first
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amendment guarantee of free speech The court decided that ideas
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even those with the slightest redeeming social importance should be
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protected Obscene content on the other hand was not protected
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since it was utterly without redeeming social importance So is
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that correct answer Curiously left out of the first amendment 00:02:33.315 --> [endTime] right to free speech Oh
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