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Gloria Steinem had written an article in Ms. magazine about Deep Throat and the exploitation of its female lead
an escape from the tensions of the tests. But feminists were beginning to take pornographic movies
” one complained. “We shouldn’t have to be subjected to abuse and degradation right in our own living room.”
and the people urging criminal prosecution were Harvard students. The people who these students wanted to see prosecuted were other students
the publicity had its intended effect on the public
[which] had been shown a videotape of Deep Throat
looking like a tweedy Marx Brother with his wild nimbus of ash-blond hair
hundreds of readers came forward and volunteered their assistance. It also generated numerous other stories—presenting our side of the case.
the government could make dangerous use of that precedent in political cases involving
obscenity indictments throughout the country will pyramid.
a Harvard Law School professor and one of the nation’s preeminent constitutional lawyers
“Any person who participates in any way in the creation
Mr. Reems has some of the country’s most impressive legal talent working on his appeal.
” but is now being understood “as a very serious issue”:
bang on the law. If you have the facts on your side
I continued to press my principle in the court of public opinion and in a series of other obscenity cases over the next several decades. Ultimately my view would prevail
pornographic films acquire constitutional immunity from state regulation simply because they are exhibited for consenting adults only…The States have a long-recognized legitimate interest in the quality of life and the total community envir...
it decided the case on a narrow procedural ground. We eventually settled the case to the advantage of the defendants. The film was shown throughout the country and no one went to prison. Judge Aldrich’s opinion
but in order to have a film of bear-baiting