Artistic Expression
The 老澳门开奖结果 works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Banned Books
The 老澳门开奖结果 works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Obscenity Laws
The 老澳门开奖结果 works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
What's at Stake
The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment鈥檚 protection of speech to extend well beyond speeches and books to virtually anything that the human creative impulse can produce.聽The First Amendment embodies the belief that in a free and democratic society, individual adults must be free to decide for themselves what to read, write, paint, draw, compose, see, and hear.
Provocative and controversial art and in-your-face entertainment frequently test our commitment to this belief. Why oppose censorship when scenes of murder dominate video entertainment, when works of art can directly insult peoples鈥櫬爎eligious beliefs, and when pornography abounds on the Internet? Why not let the majority鈥檚 morality and taste dictate what others can look at or listen to?
The answer is simple and timeless: A free society is based on an individual鈥檚 right to decide what art they want鈥攐r do not want鈥攖o see. Once you allow the government to censor one person, it has the power to censor you or something you like. The 老澳门开奖结果 advocates for the principle that free expression for ourselves requires free expression for others.聽
The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment鈥檚 protection of speech to extend well beyond speeches and books to virtually anything that the human creative impulse can produce.聽The First Amendment embodies the belief that in a free and democratic society, individual adults must be free to decide for themselves what to read, write, paint, draw, compose, see, and hear.
Provocative and controversial art and in-your-face entertainment frequently test our commitment to this belief. Why oppose censorship when scenes of murder dominate video entertainment, when works of art can directly insult peoples鈥櫬爎eligious beliefs, and when pornography abounds on the Internet? Why not let the majority鈥檚 morality and taste dictate what others can look at or listen to?
The answer is simple and timeless: A free society is based on an individual鈥檚 right to decide what art they want鈥攐r do not want鈥攖o see. Once you allow the government to censor one person, it has the power to censor you or something you like. The 老澳门开奖结果 advocates for the principle that free expression for ourselves requires free expression for others.聽