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Thursday, June 30, 2011

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larry kurtz

Good post. This sentence caught my eye: "In general, speech directed to minors (religious or environmental propaganda, etc.) has the same protection as speech directed to adults." But not in specific cases? Is that the Thomas exclusion?

KB

Thanks, Larry. I think.

The exclusions are famous categories of unprotected speech. I had in mind obscenity in particular. Since obscenity does not enjoy general protection, governments can limit the sale of it to minors. If I read the Court right, the general exclusion has to be established before the age limitation can be upheld.

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