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ceejayoz ◴[] No.44397838[source]
So how broad is this?

Can a state now require you to verify your age and identity to read a newspaper they don't like?

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giarc ◴[] No.44397939[source]
Not unless that newspaper is "more than one-third sexual material".
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brianbest101 ◴[] No.44398006[source]
What counts as sexual material?
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vel0city ◴[] No.44398107[source]
Pretty much all courts in the US would use the Miller test to determine if material is obscene or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_test

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1. cchance ◴[] No.44398198[source]
Republicans have slowly been moving toward anything LGBTQ being reclassified as "obscene" "pretty much" as defense for what courts consider shifts from day to day, as more right wing get put into positions of powers specifically RELIGIOUS right wing people, the courts have been more than willing to keep redefining what things were previously meant to mean.