Sunday, November 6th, 2011


Crazy Axe Commercial Axe has a commercial for their spray deoderant.  It refers to men having premature perspiration which has a sexual reference to premature ejaculation.  In the commercia there are several sexual references including a woman holding up a thong, a “wet dream”, and a woman licking a popsicle.  All of these events cause […]

1. Facts of the Case   FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1978) http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/pacifica.html   One day, a father was driving home with his son in the car, when they hear George Carlin’s “Filthy Words” being broadcasted. The father issued a complaint to the FCC, who forwarded that complaint to the Pacific Foundation, which was broadcasting Carlin’s […]

                                                                                               Cohen v California (1971) Facts: In April of 1968, Paul Robert Cohen was arrested in a corridor of the Los Angeles County Municipal Courthouse for wearing a jacket with the phrase, “Fuck the Draft,” on it. Because there were women and children present and the phrase was within plain sight of everyone there, Cohen […]

1. Situation When a book or piece of entertainment contains nudity or lewd sex on some level it must be for some artistic purpose. For example, if the book and or movie contained nothing but lewd sex with no social values implied the question is whether it should be allowed to be shown? Things like […]