When looking at free speech and obscenity over the years, much has changed. Due to the transformation of acceptable sexual norms, the definition of obscenity, what is offensive or lewd or “utterly without redeeming social value,” has gone through many changes. But over the last 60 years since Roth v. United states, Contemporary Community Standards have evolved, and been transformed.
Artist expression has always been an argument of the First Amendment and is a commonly used defense of sexually explicit materials, print or film. That is at the heart of whether the material should be allowed. In the case of Pope v. Illinois (1987), the question of whether the work, taken as a whole, has some value, be it artistic, literary, political, or scientific,
Artist expression has always been an argument of the First Amendment and is a commonly used defense of sexually explicit materials, print or film. That is at the heart of whether the material should be allowed. In the case of Pope v. Illinois (1987), the question of whether the work, taken as a whole, has some value, be it artistic, literary, political, or scientific,