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... regarding recom- mendations . Some members of the Commission suggested that public hearings be held at the beginning of the Commission's life . The Commission concluded , however , that in the first stage of its work public hearings ...
... regarding recom- mendations . Some members of the Commission suggested that public hearings be held at the beginning of the Commission's life . The Commission concluded , however , that in the first stage of its work public hearings ...
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... regarding permissible legal defi- nitions of the term " obscene " have appeared in recent years to delimit its appli- cation to such sexual obscenity . Thus , the Commission's inquiry was directed toward a wide range of explicit sexual ...
... regarding permissible legal defi- nitions of the term " obscene " have appeared in recent years to delimit its appli- cation to such sexual obscenity . Thus , the Commission's inquiry was directed toward a wide range of explicit sexual ...
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... regarding the consequences of the existence of these materials and exposure to them . Many of these statements , however , have had little anchoring in objective evidence . Within the limits of its time and re- sources , the Commission ...
... regarding the consequences of the existence of these materials and exposure to them . Many of these statements , however , have had little anchoring in objective evidence . Within the limits of its time and re- sources , the Commission ...
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... regarding the effects of such materials , and empirical research bearing on the actual occurrence and condition of the effects . The areas of poten- tial effect to which the research was addressed included sexual arousal , emotions ...
... regarding the effects of such materials , and empirical research bearing on the actual occurrence and condition of the effects . The areas of poten- tial effect to which the research was addressed included sexual arousal , emotions ...
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... regarding what they consider to be the effects of viewing or reading explicit sexual materials . A diverse and perhaps inconsistent set of beliefs concerning the effects of sexual materials is held by large and necessarily overlapping ...
... regarding what they consider to be the effects of viewing or reading explicit sexual materials . A diverse and perhaps inconsistent set of beliefs concerning the effects of sexual materials is held by large and necessarily overlapping ...
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Page 442 - Hicklin. [L]ater decisions have rejected it and substituted this test: whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.
Page 450 - But implicit in the history of the First ' Amendment is the rejection of obscenity as utterly without redeeming social importance.
Page 447 - It has been well observed that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality.
Page 448 - Under this definition, as elaborated in subsequent cases, three elements must coalesce: it must be established that (a) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value.
Page 630 - ... be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 545 - For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light...
Page 631 - ... bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman.
Page 454 - ... the business of purveying textual or graphic matter openly advertised to appeal to the erotic interest of their customers.
Page 299 - I think the test of obscenity is this, whether the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
Page 314 - State may not constitutionally inhibit the distribution of literary material as obscene unless "(a) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; (b) the material is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters; and (c) the material is utterly without redeeming social value...