Sen. Mike Lee (R–Utah) wants to redefine obscenity in a way that could render all sorts of legal sexual content illegal. His proposal would make the definition of obscenity so broad that it could ban ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition ...

Permissiveness in publishing has come a long way. Today almost every corner newsstand offers as titillating a peep show as the old burlesque houses ever managed—and nobody is there to ring down the ...

Oklahoma lawmakers are suggesting that a new state law aimed at "adult performances" means municipalities must predict what sorts of events might become obscene and preemptively prohibit them. It's a ...

The move is in response to a drag show held at a public park last month during the Rolla Pride Celebration. Council members said the performance was sexually explicit and targeted minors. Rolla’s ...

An isolated sexually themed passage, even a graphic one, doesn't make a work obscene. Now this isn't so for all First Amendment exceptions. Someone can be prosecuted for possessing child pornography ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Proposals seeking to crack down on obscenity and pornography in Nebraska schools have advanced from committee, setting up a fight that has largely evaded the full ...

From Tuesday's decision in U.S. v. Miller, by Fourth Circuit Judges Steven Agee, Marvin Quattlebaum, and Allison Rushing: The record shows that while Miller was imprisoned in a state facility, he sent ...