Someone’s speech cannot be blocked simply because of how they express themselves. American Bar says, “This standard for judging obscenity did not change until 1957 when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that the First Amendment does not permit the government to reduce the adult population to reading "only what is fit for children."... It gave constitutional protection to works unless they were utterly without redeeming social importance.” (Routier). The Supreme Court decided in 1957 that censoring works to protect minors leads to adults having to subject to it too. Works could only be censored or banned if they didn’t have any redeeming qualities. American Bar writes, “Today, a comparison can be made between film censorship of the past and the current controversy over the Harry Potter books and film. Should a state or locality make
Someone’s speech cannot be blocked simply because of how they express themselves. American Bar says, “This standard for judging obscenity did not change until 1957 when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that the First Amendment does not permit the government to reduce the adult population to reading "only what is fit for children."... It gave constitutional protection to works unless they were utterly without redeeming social importance.” (Routier). The Supreme Court decided in 1957 that censoring works to protect minors leads to adults having to subject to it too. Works could only be censored or banned if they didn’t have any redeeming qualities. American Bar writes, “Today, a comparison can be made between film censorship of the past and the current controversy over the Harry Potter books and film. Should a state or locality make