PSCI 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bad Tendency, Dominick Fernow
17 Oct 2016
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Hugo black refuses to see a pornographic movie because he is a literalist, that there should be no law restricting the freedom of speech. It is a movie, there is no reason to watch it since it is a freedom of speech. Says can suppress material that the weakest among us depraves, then no one can see the material. If there is a bad tendency for one group, the weakest is the standard, it is shut down. Determined by expert testimony to determine if it is obscene and can have an effect that depraves people. New rule comes along with roth and albert. William brennan is the justice for the roth and albert case. He is the leader of the liberal wing of the court. Court"s specialist in a variety of areas including obscenity and libel. Known was the playmaker for his remarkable skills in building a consensus on the. The court put both roth and albert together.
