NPR Justice Talking - Pornography and the First Amendment
December 17, 2007
Show Introduction From NPR's Justice Talking:
The U.S. Supreme Court has struggled over the years to define where the First Amendment ends and obscenity begins. The pressure to answer that question is intensifying as pornography moves onto the Internet and as public concerns increase about child pornography. Several moves to regulate porn are testing the limits of the First Amendment. But the porn industry has some civil rights groups in its corner, arguing that there is a real risk the government will go too far. Join us on this edition of Justice Talking as we examine pornography and the law.
Host Margot Adler discusses the Child Online Protection Act with
lawyers Jay Sekulow and Nadine Strossen.
Jay Sekulow is
chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a law firm and
educational organization that specializes in constitutional law.
Nadine Strossen is the president of the American Civil
Liberties Union and is the author of Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the
Fight for Womens Rights.
Listen to the program here.
Justice Talking is produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, a think tank at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. The program is distributed nationally by NPR and also heard on NPR Worldwide, Armed Forces Radio Network, Sirius Satellite Radio and InTouch Networks.