Obscenity In The Roth And Miller Case

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Obscenity is a more intense depiction of offensive material, that is not protected by the first amendment and this was seen happening throughout the Roth and Miller case. I think that the only cases that’s does not have much obscenity is memoirs case. I believe that the Miller case questions the definition of what obscenity really is, when it comes to making decisions. However, it states that the work, taken as a whole or political value that is known as obscenity. Also with the miller test is can be a bit of confusing when trying to convict a person on obscenity. Looking at the Roth case is has a variety of different standards, when it comes to obscenity dealing with different material or even work.

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