You've got to hand it to them: GOP wants to restrict porn

You've got to hand it to them: GOP wants to restrict porn

A pair of congressional Republicans have introduced new legislation that would enlist the federal government in the latest target in the conservative war against free speech: banning online porn. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois...

New GOP bill seeks to take sledgehammer to online porn industry

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Congressional Republicans will introduce legislation Thursday that would severely crack down on internet pornography and potentially deal a major blow to the online porn industry. Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Republican Illinois Rep. Mary Miller’s Interstate Obscenity Definition Act would create a national definition of obscenity under the Communications Act of 1934 and amend the Supreme Court’s 1973 “Miller…

Lee Bill Establishes Obscenity Definition Across States - The Iowa Standard

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act today to clarify the legal definition of “obscenity” for all states, making the transmission of obscene content across state lines more easily prosecuted. U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL) is the bill’s co-lead in the House of Representatives. “Obscenity isn’t protected by the First Amendment, but hazy and unenforceable legal definitions have allowed extreme por…

Lee bill establishes obscenity definition across states - Utah Policy

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act today to clarify the legal definition of “obscenity” for all states, making the transmission of obscene content across state lines more easily prosecuted. U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL) is the bill’s co-lead in the House of Representatives. “Obscenity isn’t protected by the First Amendment, but hazy and unenforceable legal definitions have allowed extreme por…