Supreme Court of the United States
United States v. Williams
This writing
- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- May 19, 2008
- Case
- United States v. Williams
- Case status
- Decided
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*310Justice Souter, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, dissenting. Dealing in obscenity is penalized without violating the First Amendment, but as a general matter pornography lacks the harm to justify prohibiting it. If, however, a photograph (to take the kind of image in this case) shows an actual minor chi…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | May 19, 2008 |
| Opinion | Antonin Scalia | May 19, 2008 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | May 19, 2008 |