1. Jose adame-RMZ Forensics 11.5
Butler V. Michigan
Jose adame-RMZ
Forensics 11.5

2. The 1st Amendment What is the 1st Amendment?
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
This, in summary, provides freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition

3. Exceptions The 1st amendment has exceptions to each specific right
Specifically, the freedom of speech is null when it comes to
Obscenity
Fighting Words
Defamation
Child Pornography
Perjury
Blackmail
True Threats
Solicitations to Commit Crime
Incitement to Imminent Lawless Action

4. What Determines Obscenity?
Obscenity has most recently been defined by Butler V. Michigan in
Michigan convicted Butler for selling to an officer an "obscene" book that might corrupt the morals of a minor.

5. Decision
The Supreme Court unanimously reversed, in an opinion by Justice Frankfurter, who declared that the statute was not restricted to the evil with which it dealt; it reduced adults "to reading only what is fit for children," thereby curtailing their first amendment rights
The officer’s views were rejected because banning a book that a child may read and be negatively influenced by is “to burn the house to roast the pig”

6. Works Cited Cornell University Law Legal Information Institute
First Amendment Center
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Encyclopedia.com
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