In 2013 Ira Isaacs was officially imprisoned for violating federal obscenity statutes in the state of California. He produced and distributed four of his fetish films via U.S mail. Three sub areas collectively create the core components in the analysis of this case: obscenity, fetishes and related cases with similar circumstances and outcomes. Obscene speech is the only type of speech that does not need a compelling government interest and is not protected by the First Amendment. This type of speech
CASE NAME: A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman Of Pleasure" V. Attorney General of Massachusetts CITATION/DATE: 383 U.S. 413 (1965-1966) LEVEL OF COURT: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court FACTS: “Fanny Hill”, a.k.a. “Memoirs of a Woman Of Pleasure” was a book written by English author John Cleland, which told its story through a series of letters written by the stories’ protagonist to an unknown recipient. The novel generated immediate controversy upon release due to its sexual content
"D.C.'s Puzzling Decency Commission." Daily News (New York). April 12, 2001. 45 http://www.ssbb.com/basic.html Miller v. California. 413 U.S. 15 (1973) Argued January 18-19, 1972. Reargued November 7, 1972. Decided June 21, 1973 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. 376 U.S. 254 (1964) Argued January 6, 1964. Decided March 9, 1964. Reno, Attorney General of the United States, et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union et al. 000 U.S. 96-511 (1997) Argued March 19, 1997. Decided June 26, 1997
A Clockwork Orange is Not Obscene Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange describes a horrific world in an apathetic society has allowed its youth to run wild. The novel describes the senseless violence perpetrated by teens, who rape women and terrorize the elderly. The second part of the novel describes how the protagonist, Alex, is "cured" by being drugged and then forced to watch movies of atrocities. The novel warns against both senseless violence and senseless goodness - of the danger of not
One of the first cases to question censorship and obscenity in films was the Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio. This case started a chain reaction with cinema. Many films were banned from the theaters or destroyed. Samantha Barbas explained the case, “In its 1915 decision in Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court, upholding an Ohio film censorship law, held that motion pictures were not part of “the
Goodbye Good Programming When one thinks of original, successful radio shows in the U.S., one show definitely comes to mind, Howard Stern. The Howard Stern morning radio show has been the most successful radio show on the radio for some time now. Howard Stern created a show unlike any other; it is a morning radio show that has it all. The show has interviews with famous people, listeners can call in to the show with there opinions, current news, and most notably its sexual content and controversial
Television Censorship Censorship in television is a very debatable topic in today’s media and social realms. Nowadays what is considered appropriate by many may actually be considered explicit or unsuitable by the people in charge. Some may wonder ‘who is deemed so highly that they can decide what is and is not appropriate to watch. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is ‘responsible for administratively enforcing the law that governs what is and is not appropriate. Within this article
Since its release in 1956, “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg has been widely discussed and debated inside and out of the literature community. These disputes have most commonly been centered around the poem’s controversial nature and whether or not it should be considered obscene. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, obscene can be defined as “disgusting to the senses: repulsive” or “containing or being language regarded as taboo in polite usage”. Personally, I believe that for something to be considered
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According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Obscene is defined as “disgusting to the senses, repulsive”. California law defines obscene matter as “taken as a whole, that the average person applying contemporary statewide standards, appeals to the prurient interested, that taken as a whole depicts, or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and that taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value”. Obscenity refers to the examination of books, periodicals
approval to merit protection, neither, insofar as the First Amendment is concerned, does the value of the work vary from community to community based on the degree of local acceptance won.” The Court observed that only the first two prongs of the Miller Test were discussed in terms of applying community standards because they are questions of fact and therefore, subject to review under community standards. However, failure to mention community standards in the value portion of the test was not an
Policing Cyberspace on the Internet The Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming more popular among those who are interested in, and have the time to surf the information superhighway. The problem with this much information being accessible to this many people is that some of it is deemed inappropriate for minors. The government wants censorship, but a segment of the population does not. Legislative regulation of the Internet would be an appropriate function
Reverse Discrimination In 1973 a thirty-three year-old Caucasian male named Allan Bakke applied to and was denied admission to the University of California Medical School at Davis. In 1974 he filed another application and was once again rejected, even though his test scores were considerably higher than various minorities that were admitted under a special program. This special program specified that 16 out of 100 possible spaces for the students in the medical program were set aside solely
Preceding this was a rise to equality among minorities, mainly African Americans and Hispanics. The breakthrough case Brown v. Board of Education desegregated public schools and opened the door for national equality of all citizens. In 1963 President John Kennedy developed eigh... ... middle of paper ... ...http://www.landmarkcases.org/> Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) 438 U.S. 265, No. 76-811 http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgibin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=438&invol=265
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke Established in 1968, the medical school at the University of California implemented a special admissions program to increase the representation of minorities in each entering class. There was one underlying problem with their special admissions program that was not addressed until 1973 when Allan Bakke submitted his application to the University of California. Their special admissions program worked by reserving sixteen percent of the entering
Introduction Known as one of the biggest obstacles in higher education to date would arguably be the use of affirmative action within the higher education admission process for both private and public institutions (Kaplin & Lee, 2014; Wang & Shulruf, 2012). The focus of current research is an attempt to either justify or deny the use of affirmative action within current practices through various higher education institutions, and though any one person could potentially be swayed to side with the
the population it is very likely that in the course of professional practice providers of behavioral health services will encounter clients who threaten the safety of others. Ever since the unprecedented Tarasoff vs Regents of the University of California (1974) case which involved the stabbing death of college student Tatiana Tarasoff by infatuated acquaintance Prosenjit Poddar (Gehlert & Browne, 2012). Poddar disclosed to his psychiatrist Dr. Lawrence Moore of his plans to kill Tarasoff because
client and the client divulged that he admits to wanting to end his ex-girlfriends life but one lives in a state where there is no duty to warn. What does one do in a situation like this? This question comes about due to the Tarasoff v. The University of California Board of Regents case as well as the fact that there is no uniformity in the United States over duty to warn or protect. Some states have permissive statutes while some have an established mandatory duty to warn while very few have no
terms of education and admissions to the universities. The Fisher v. University of Texas (2016) is a very important and recent case because it was after many similar cases that affected the affirmative action policies in universities admission.
to get ahead. They have already proven their worth. Martin uses, as a means to support his argument of unfair advantages... ... middle of paper ... ... jobs away from whites". This may be true of the work place but Bakke v. Regents of the University of California (1978) proves that reverse discrimination does exist in our education system. Bakke, a white man, was denied admission to medical school despite the fact that his grades and test scores "were significantly higher than those