Research Paper on:
Obscenity and the US Constitution's 1s Amendment

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what is obscene to one person may not be to another, and vice versa. Therefore, the issue of obscenity has been the subject of rigorous controversy in this country,  and has largely been determined on a case-by-case basis. Further adding to the confusion is the emergence of the Internet, which is  a mass distributor of pornography and obscenity. Whether this material is covered by First Amendment protection is the subject of ongoing debate. What is Obscenity?  The issue of obscenity is a complex one, and this issue has been the center of some very heated controversy over the years (Regulation of Obscenity  and Nudity, 2002). What is and is not obscene varies greatly from one person to the next and therefore, trying to decide what is protected by the First Amendment  is very difficult (Regulation of Obscenity and Nudity, 2002). Even judges dealing with these cases have had extraordinary difficulty trying to establish a definition which would describe what is  obscene (Regulation of Obscenity and Nudity, 2002). Obscenity has even been studied by the government in an attempt to determine  what is or is not obscene (Regulation of Obscenity and Nudity, 2002). Different commissions have arrived at different answers however, further adding confusion to this subject (Regulation of Obscenity  and Nudity, 2002). One commission decided that pornography should only be criminal when it involved minors while another arrived at the conclusion that hard-core pornography should be criminal even  when only adults were involved (Regulation of Obscenity and Nudity, 2002). The First Amendment states: "Congress shall make no law ...