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In the midst of developing a country for a rag-tag team of British outcasts, the founding fathers did not take much interest in how to regulate obscenity and pornography. The first amendment protected the freedom of speech, but the fathers were more interested in expanding their vocabulary to anything past “God save the queen,” rather than limiting the obscenities in their very puritanical culture. Today’s interpretation of the first amendment allows anything that passes the three standards set by Justice Warren Burger to be considered protected by the first amendment. Even then, the items that fail the standards are not illegal, only subject to regulation (excluding child pornography laws). In the eyes of the government, child pornography
In the midst of developing a country for a rag-tag team of British outcasts, the founding fathers did not take much interest in how to regulate obscenity and pornography. The first amendment protected the freedom of speech, but the fathers were more interested in expanding their vocabulary to anything past “God save the queen,” rather than limiting the obscenities in their very puritanical culture. Today’s interpretation of the first amendment allows anything that passes the three standards set by Justice Warren Burger to be considered protected by the first amendment. Even then, the items that fail the standards are not illegal, only subject to regulation (excluding child pornography laws). In the eyes of the government, child pornography